The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ Whereof do they question one another? 1 Is it about the awesome tiding 2 whereupon they are at variance? 3 Nay, but they will come to know! 4 Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know! 5 Did We not make the earth a bed? 6 and raised the mountains like supporting poles? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 and made your sleep a means of repose, 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And We have made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven firmaments, 12 And made [therein] a burning lamp 13 and have sent down from the clouds, pouring rain 14 Thereby to produce grain and plant, 15 And gardens of entwined growth. 16 Indeed, the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 and when the sky shall be opened up and will become all doors; 19 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance. 20 Surely hell lies in wait, 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 Living therein for ages. 23 They will not feel cold nor taste any drink 24 save boiling water and a stinking fluid -- 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 Indeed they had no fear of the account. 27 and roundly denied Our Signs as false. 28 However, We have recorded 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