The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 Of the mighty Announcement, 2 Concerning which they are in disagreement. 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 Yes, indeed, before long they will learn all about it. 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 and the mountains [its] pegs? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep [a means for] rest 9 The night a covering, 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We made above you seven strong ones, 12 And placed a lamp therein brightly burning. 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water, 14 In order to produce grain and plants with it. 15 And gardens of thick foliage. 16 Indeed, the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 and heaven is opened, having gates, 19 The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. 20 Verily the Hell is an ambuscade: 21 A place of resort for the inordinate, 22 In which they will remain for ages [unending]. 23 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink 24 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold: 25 Recompense fitted! 26 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning. 27 and they cried loud lies to Our signs; 28 And all things We have recorded in a Book. 29 'Taste! We shall increase you not save in chastisement.' 30