The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 About the great event, 2 concerning which they are in disagreement! 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Again, by no means! anon they shall know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse, 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And We have made your sleep as a rest. 9 and the night as a cover, 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And built seven strong roofs above you. 12 and We have set therein a glowing lamp. 13 And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance, 14 Thereby to produce grain and plant, 15 And gardens of entwined growth. 16 Surely a time is fixed for the Day of Judgement. 17 It is a Day whereon the trumpet will be blown, and ye will come in multitudes. 18 The heavens will have openings like doors. 19 and the mountains will be set in motion and become a mirage. 20 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush, 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 therein they shall abide for ages, 23 Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink 24 except boiling water and pus, 25 a befitting recompense for their deeds. 26 Verily they were wont not to look for a reckoning. 27 But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false. 28 Everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30