The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 About the Great News 2 concerning which they are in disagreement! 3 No indeed; soon will they come to know; 4 They will indeed come to know soon. 5 Have We not made the earth a resting place? 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep a rest. 9 And have appointed the night as a cloak, 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 We raised over you several secure (skies), 12 and placed therein a hot, shining lamp, 13 And then sent down hard rain from the water bearing clouds. 14 Thereby to produce grain and plant, 15 And gardens of luxurious growth? 16 Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time - 17 the Day when the Trumpet shall be blown, and you will come forth in multitudes; 18 And the heaven will have been opened, and it will have become doors. 19 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage. 20 Verily the Hell is an ambuscade: 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 They will abide therein for ages. 23 They will not feel cold nor taste any drink 24 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold: 25 The reward to each is according to what he is. 26 for they never expected to be called to account, 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30