The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ Of what do they question one another? 1 Of the mighty Announcement, 2 Regarding which they hold different views. 3 Nay, but in time they will come to understand [it]! 4 again, no indeed; soon will they come to know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a bed, 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep a rest. 9 And made the night as clothing 10 and the day as time for you to make a living? 11 Have We not made seven strong heavens above you, 12 and placed therein a hot, shining lamp, 13 and have sent down out of the rainclouds water cascading 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations, 15 And gardens dense and luxuriant. 16 The Day of Judgment will certainly be the final appointment. 17 the Day when the Trumpet shall be blown, and you will come forth in multitudes; 18 and the heaven shall be opened, and become gates, 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 Surely the Hell is an ambush, 21 a return for the insolent, 22 In it shall they remain for a long time. 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink. 24 except boiling water and pus 25 Recompense fitted! 26 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning; 27 and they rejected outright Our signs; 28 And everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30