The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ What do they question each other about! 1 Of the mighty tiding 2 About which they cannot agree. 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 Yes, indeed, before long they will learn all about it. 5 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse, 6 and fixed the mountains like pegs, 7 And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.). 8 and We made your sleep a rest, 9 And made the night as clothing 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 Have We not made seven strong heavens above you, 12 And made [therein] a burning lamp 13 and sent down abundant water from the clouds 14 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs, 15 And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs. 16 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups); 18 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings, 19 and the mountains shall be made to vanish, as if they had been a mirage. 20 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, 21 It will be a place of return 22 Living therein for ages. 23 and where they will taste neither coolness nor any drink 24 Save scalding water and corruption. 25 a fitting requital, 26 Behold, they were not expecting to be called to account, 27 They called Our revelations false with strong denial. 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 'Taste! We shall not increase you except in punishment' 30