The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ What do they question each other about! 1 Of the mighty tiding 2 About which they cannot agree. 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Nay, again, they will come to know! 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse. 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And We have created you in pairs; 8 And We have made your sleep as a rest. 9 made the night as a covering, 10 And made the day for livelihood 11 And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments, 12 And We made a shining lamp, 13 And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance, 14 Thereby to produce grain and plant, 15 And gardens of entwined growth. 16 Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed, 17 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds; 18 and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates; 19 and the mountains move, and vaporize. 20 [On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] 21 For the transgressors a place of destination: 22 They will abide therein for ages. 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink, 24 except boiling water and pus 25 Requital corresponding. 26 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning; 27 And they belied Our revelations with strong belying. 28 But all things We have enumerated in writing. 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