The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ Of what do they ask one another? 1 About the awesome tiding [of resurrection,] 2 whereupon they are at variance? 3 No indeed; soon will they come to know; 4 Then, no! They are going to know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a bed, 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 Have We not created you in pairs, 8 and We appointed your sleep for a rest; 9 made the night as a covering, 10 And the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong ones, 12 And placed a lamp therein brightly burning. 13 and sent down abundant water from the clouds 14 That We may produce from it grain and vegetation, 15 And gardens thick with trees. 16 Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds; 18 and the heaven shall be opened, and become gates, 19 The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. 20 Verily the Hell is an ambuscade: 21 a home for the transgressors, 22 They will abide therein for ages. 23 They will not taste therein cool or any drink. 24 save boiling water and pus 25 Recompense fitted! 26 For indeed they did not look forward to any reckoning, 27 And they belied Our revelations with strong belying. 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 'Taste! We shall increase you not save in chastisement.' 30