The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ What do they quarrel about? 1 Of the mighty Announcement, 2 About which they cannot agree. 3 Indeed, they shall know! 4 Nay, again, but they will come to know! 5 HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you,] 6 And the mountains as projections (thereon)? 7 And We have created you in pairs. 8 made sleep for you to rest, 9 And have made the night as a covering (through its darkness), 10 and the day as time for you to make a living? 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 And made [therein] a burning lamp 13 and sent down abundant water from the clouds 14 In order to produce grain and plants with it. 15 and gardens luxuriant. 16 Surely a time is fixed for the Day of Judgement. 17 On that day the trumpet will be sounded and you will come (to Us) in huge groups. 18 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates, 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush, 21 a goal for all who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right! 22 where they shall remain for ages, 23 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink 24 But boiling and intensely cold water, 25 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds). 26 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning; 27 and they rejected outright Our signs; 28 but We have recorded everything in a Book. 29 [So We shall say], "Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings,] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering!" 30