The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ What are they asking (one another)? 1 Of the mighty tiding 2 Concerning which they differ. 3 No indeed; they shall soon know! 4 Yes, indeed, before long they will learn all about it. 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 and raised the mountains like supporting poles? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep a rest. 9 made the night as a covering, 10 and the day as time for you to make a living? 11 Have We not made seven strong heavens above you, 12 and have placed [therein the sun,] a lamp full of blazing splendour. 13 and have sent down from the clouds, pouring rain 14 that We may bring forth with it grain, plants 15 and thick gardens grow? 16 Indeed the Day of Decision is a time fixed. 17 On that day the trumpet will be sounded and you will come (to Us) in huge groups. 18 and the heaven shall be opened, and become gates, 19 And the mountains will be moved – they will therefore become like mirages. 20 Verily the Hell is an ambuscade: 21 A home for the rebellious. 22 where they shall remain for ages, 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink 24 Except boiling water and benumbing cold: 25 a befitting recompense for their deeds. 26 Indeed they had no fear of the account. 27 They called Our revelations false with strong denial. 28 And all things We have recorded in a Book. 29 "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment." 30