The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 They quarrel about the great news 2 Regarding which they hold different views. 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Again, indeed, they shall know! 5 Have We not made the earth as a cradle 6 And the mountains as projections (thereon)? 7 And We have created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep a rest. 9 And made the night a cover. 10 And made the day for livelihood 11 and built above you seven strong firmaments, 12 and We appointed a blazing lamp 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water, 14 Thereby to produce grain and plant, 15 And gardens of thick foliage. 16 Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 the day the Trumpet is blown, and you shall come in troops, 18 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways 19 And the mountains will be moved – they will therefore become like mirages. 20 Surely the Hell is an ambush, 21 The rebels' abode, 22 They will dwell therein for ages. 23 tasting neither coolness nor any drink 24 except boiling water and pus, 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 They indeed hoped not for a reckoning, 27 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth). 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 'Taste! We shall increase you not save in chastisement.' 30