The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 (It is) of the awful tidings, 2 on which they [so utterly] disagree. 3 (What they think is certainly despicable!). They will soon come to know (the reality). 4 Surely, they will soon find out the truth! 5 Did We not make the earth a bed? 6 and the mountains as pegs (to anchor the earth)? 7 and created you in pairs (as men and women), 8 And made sleep for you to rest, 9 The night a covering, 10 and made the day for earning a livelihood. 11 Have We not made seven strong heavens above you, 12 And have kept a very bright lamp in it. 13 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables, 15 And gardens of thick growth. 16 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes, 18 And the heaven will have been opened, and it will have become doors. 19 and the mountains will be set in motion and become a mirage. 20 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush, 21 The rebels' abode, 22 Living therein for ages. 23 tasting neither coolness nor any drink 24 Except boiling water and benumbing cold: 25 a fitting requital, 26 Behold, they were not expecting to be called to account, 27 And they belied Our revelations with strong belying. 28 And everything We have recorded in a book. 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30