The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ Whereof do they question one another? 1 About the great news - 2 About which they have been differing? 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 Again, indeed, they shall know! 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse, 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep for rest, 9 And made the night as clothing 10 And have made the day for livelihood. 11 And built seven strong roofs above you. 12 And have appointed a dazzling lamp, 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water. 14 that We may bring forth with it grain, plants 15 And gardens dense and luxuriant. 16 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates, 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 Surely hell lies in wait, 21 a home for the transgressors, 22 In which they will remain for ages [unending]. 23 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink 24 save boiling water and wash of the wounds; 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 Behold, they were not expecting to be called to account, 27 and persistently rejected Our revelations. 28 But all things We have enumerated in writing. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30