The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ What do they question each other about! 1 Is it about the awesome tiding 2 whereon they are at variance. 3 No! They are going to know. 4 Then, no! They are going to know. 5 HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you,] 6 The mountains tent-pins? 7 Have We not created you in pairs, 8 and made your sleep a means of repose, 9 made the night as a covering, 10 And have appointed the day for livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 (the sun) as a shining torch 13 And We sent down rain from water-laden clouds pouring in torrents 14 That We may produce from it grain and vegetation, 15 And dense gardens. 16 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed: 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 it will become as gates, 19 and the mountains shall be made to vanish, as if they had been a mirage. 20 Surely hell lies in wait, 21 For the transgressors a place of destination: 22 They will abide therein for ages. 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink, 24 save boiling water and a stinking fluid -- 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 They did not expect such a Judgment 27 and persistently rejected Our revelations. 28 We have kept account of everything in a book. 29 [And so We shall say:] "Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings,] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering!" 30