The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ Whereof do they question one another? 1 Is it about the awesome tiding 2 Concerning which they are in disagreement. 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Surely, they will soon find out the truth! 5 Did We not make the earth a spreading, 6 And the high hills bulwarks? 7 And We have created you in pairs. 8 And We made your sleep to be rest (to you), 9 The night a covering, 10 and made the day [a symbol of] life. 11 And We have built above you seven strong ones, 12 and We have set therein a glowing lamp. 13 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water 14 to make the seeds, plants, 15 and gardens dense with foliage? 16 Indeed the Day of Decision is a time fixed. 17 The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts, 18 and heaven is opened, having gates, 19 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage. 20 Indeed hell is lying in ambush. 21 For the transgressors a place of destination: 22 Living therein for ages. 23 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink 24 Except boiling water and benumbing cold: 25 as a fitting recompense for their deeds. 26 Behold, they were not expecting to be called to account, 27 and they rejected outright Our signs; 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 So taste (the fruit of your deeds). We shall only increase your torment. 30