The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ Of what do they ask one another? 1 Is it about the awesome tiding 2 About which they differ? 3 But they will soon come to know. 4 Again, no indeed; they shall soon know! 5 Did We not make the earth a spreading, 6 The mountains tent-pins? 7 And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.). 8 And We have made your sleep as a rest. 9 And We made the night to be a covering, 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And built seven strong roofs above you. 12 And made [therein] a burning lamp 13 and have sent down out of the rainclouds water cascading 14 That We may produce from it grain and vegetation, 15 And gardens of luxurious growth? 16 VERILY, the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false] has indeed its appointed time: 17 the Day that the Horn is blown, and you shall come in crowds 18 and when the sky shall be opened up and will become all doors; 19 The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. 20 [On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 They will abide therein for ages. 23 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink 24 save boiling water and wash of the wounds; 25 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds). 26 Indeed, they were not expecting an account 27 and roundly denied Our Signs as false. 28 And everything We have recorded in a book. 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30