The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 Of the mighty tiding 2 About which they are in disagreement. 3 Surely yes, they will soon come to know! 4 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know. 5 Have We not made the earth a resting place? 6 and the mountains as pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 and gave you repose in sleep, 9 The night a covering, 10 And made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven firmaments, 12 and placed in them a blazing lamp 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water. 14 that We may bring forth thereby grain and plants, 15 And gardens of thick foliage. 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 The heavens will have openings like doors. 19 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage. 20 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush, 21 a resort for the rebellious; 22 They will abide therein for ages, 23 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink 24 except boiling water and pus, 25 Recompense fitted! 26 They did not expect such a Judgment 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 28 And everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 So taste (the fruit of your deeds). We shall only increase your torment. 30