The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ What are they questioning each other about? 1 Of the mighty tiding 2 About which they differ? 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Again, no indeed; they shall soon know! 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse. 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 and gave you repose in sleep, 9 And We made the night to be a covering, 10 and We appointed day for a livelihood. 11 And We made above you seven strong ones, 12 and We have set therein a glowing lamp. 13 And We have sent down from the rain-clouds water plenteous. 14 to make the seeds, plants, 15 And gardens of thick growth. 16 Verily the Day of Decision is a time appointed. 17 the day the Trumpet is blown, and you shall come in troops, 18 and heaven is opened, having gates, 19 and the mountains shall be made to vanish, as if they had been a mirage. 20 Behold, Gehenna has become an ambush, 21 A home for the rebellious. 22 They will tarry therein for ages. 23 and where they will taste neither coolness nor any drink 24 only burning despair and ice-cold darkness: 25 a meet requital [for their sins]! 26 Indeed, they were not expecting an account 27 and they cried loud lies to Our signs; 28 And We have recorded everything in a book, 29 (They will be told), "Suffer, We shall only increase the torment for you". 30