The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ What are they questioning each other about? 1 About the Great News 2 concerning which they have disputes. 3 Indeed, they shall know! 4 They will indeed come to know soon. 5 Have We not made the earth as a cradle 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 Have We not created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep [a means for] rest 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And have appointed the day for livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong ones, 12 And have appointed a dazzling lamp, 13 and sent down heavy rains from the clouds 14 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs, 15 And gardens of luxurious growth? 16 Indeed the Day of Decision is a time fixed. 17 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes, 18 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors, 19 and when the mountains are made to vanish as if they had been a mirage. 20 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait 21 It will be a place of return 22 They will tarry therein for ages. 23 they shall taste in it no coolness, nor any pleasant drink 24 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold: 25 An appropriate recompense. 26 For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds), 27 They called Our revelations false with strong denial. 28 And all things We have recorded in a Book. 29 (They will be told), "Suffer, We shall only increase the torment for you". 30