The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ Of what ask they? 1 About the awesome tiding [of resurrection,] 2 whereon they are at variance. 3 Nay, but in time they will come to understand [it]! 4 Yes, indeed, before long they will learn all about it. 5 Have We not made the earth as a cradle 6 And the high hills bulwarks? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And have appointed your sleep for repose, 9 And We have made the night a covering. 10 And have made the day for livelihood. 11 And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments, 12 And made [therein] a burning lamp 13 And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance, 14 So that We bring forth thereby corn and vegetation. 15 And gardens of thick growth. 16 Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed, 17 The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts, 18 and the heaven shall be opened, and become gates, 19 and when the mountains are made to vanish as if they had been a mirage. 20 Surely hell lies in wait, 21 A home for the rebellious. 22 They will remain in it for ages. 23 They will not taste therein cool or any drink. 24 But boiling and intensely cold water, 25 Recompense fitted! 26 Indeed, they did not hope for a Reckoning, 27 and they absolutely belied Our verses, 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 So taste (the fruit of your deeds). We shall only increase your torment. 30