The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ Of what do they question one another? 1 Concerning the Great News, 2 whereon they are at variance. 3 Nay, they will come to know! 4 Again, indeed, they shall know! 5 Have We not made the earth as a place to rest 6 and the mountains [its] pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 and We have made your sleep [a symbol of] death 9 And have made the night as a covering (through its darkness), 10 And made the day as a means of subsistence? 11 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens] 12 And have made (therein) a shinning lamp (sun). 13 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water 14 to make the seeds, plants, 15 And gardens of luxurious growth? 16 Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 the Day that the Horn is blown, and you shall come in crowds 18 The heavens will have openings like doors. 19 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage. 20 [On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 They will abide therein for ages, 23 they shall taste in it no coolness, nor any pleasant drink 24 except boiling water and pus, 25 An appropriate recompense. 26 Verily they were wont not to look for a reckoning. 27 and they cried loud lies to Our signs; 28 but We have placed on record every single thing [of what they did]. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30