The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 Concerning the Great News, 2 Concerning which they are in disagreement. 3 Indeed they will come to know soon; 4 Again, by no means! anon they shall know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse, 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 And have made your sleep as a thing for rest. 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We made above you seven strong ones, 12 (the sun) as a shining torch 13 And then sent down hard rain from the water bearing clouds. 14 That We may produce from it grain and vegetation, 15 And gardens of luxurious growth? 16 Indeed, the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 The day when the Trumpet will be blown – you will therefore come forth in multitudes. 18 and heaven is opened, and become gates, 19 and when the mountains are made to vanish as if they had been a mirage. 20 Behold, Gehenna has become an ambush, 21 a resort for the rebellious; 22 Living therein for ages. 23 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink 24 save boiling water and a stinking fluid -- 25 The reward to each is according to what he is. 26 for they never expected to be called to account, 27 And they denied Our signs to the extreme. 28 Everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 So taste you (the results of your evil actions); no increase shall We give you, except in torment. 30