The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ Whereof do they question one another? 1 (Is it) of the great announcement 2 That over which they are in disagreement. 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 a resting place? 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs 8 And have appointed your sleep for repose, 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 built seven strong roofs above you. 12 and placed in them a blazing lamp 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water, 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations, 15 And gardens of thick growth. 16 Surely a time is fixed for the Day of Judgement. 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 and the heaven shall be opened, and become gates, 19 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage. 20 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait 21 A place of resort for the inordinate, 22 They will tarry therein for ages. 23 They will not taste therein cool or any drink. 24 except boiling water and pus, 25 , A fitting reward. 26 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning. 27 But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false. 28 and everything We have numbered 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