The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ What are they asking each other about? 1 Is it about the awesome tiding 2 About which they cannot agree. 3 Nay, but they will come to know! 4 Again, indeed, they shall know! 5 Have We not made the earth a resting place? 6 and the mountains as pegs (to anchor the earth)? 7 Have We not created you in pairs, 8 And We made your sleep to be rest (to you), 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And made the day for livelihood 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 and placed therein a hot, shining lamp, 13 And We have sent down from the rain-clouds water plenteous. 14 to make the seeds, plants, 15 And dense gardens. 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 the heaven will be opened – it therefore becomes like gates. 19 and the mountains shall be made to vanish, as if they had been a mirage. 20 Hell will lie in wait (for its prey). 21 a home for the transgressors, 22 They will abide therein for ages. 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink. 24 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold: 25 as a fitting recompense for their deeds. 26 Indeed, they did not hope for a Reckoning, 27 and they rejected outright Our signs; 28 And all things We have recorded in a Book. 29 [So We shall say], "Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings,] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering!" 30