The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ Of what ask they? 1 About the great event, 2 About which they differ? 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Then, no! They are going to know. 5 Have We not made the earth an even expanse? 6 and the mountains [its] pegs? 7 And We have created you in pairs; 8 and We made your sleep a rest, 9 And made the night as clothing 10 and made the day [a symbol of] life. 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 And We have set therein lamps glowing. 13 And We have sent down from the rain-clouds water plenteous. 14 That We may produce from it grain and vegetation, 15 and gardens dense with follage. 16 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes, 18 The heavens will have openings like doors. 19 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage. 20 [On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] 21 It will be a place of return 22 therein to tarry for ages, 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink 24 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges. 25 A fitting recompense (for them). 26 For indeed they did not look forward to any reckoning, 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 Everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30