The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ Concerning what are they disputing? 1 About the awesome tidings [of resurrection] 2 concerning which they are in disagreement! 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 pegs (to anchor the earth)? 7 and created you in pairs (as men and women), 8 made sleep for you to rest, 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We built above you seven strong ones, 12 And made [therein] a burning lamp 13 and have sent down out of the rainclouds water cascading 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables, 15 And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs. 16 VERILY, the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false] has indeed its appointed time: 17 On that day the trumpet will be sounded and you will come (to Us) in huge groups. 18 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors, 19 and the mountains move, and vaporize. 20 [On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] 21 a return for the insolent, 22 In it shall they remain for a long time. 23 they shall taste in it no coolness, nor any pleasant drink 24 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence - 25 a meet requital [for their sins]! 26 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning; 27 and roundly denied Our Signs as false. 28 And all things We have recorded in a Book. 29 'Taste! We shall increase you not save in chastisement.' 30