The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ What do they question each other about! 1 (Is it) of the great announcement 2 About which they differ? 3 Indeed, they shall know! 4 Surely, they will soon find out the truth! 5 Did We not make the earth a bed? 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And it is We who created you in pairs. 8 And made sleep for you to rest, 9 made the night as a covering, 10 And made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And built seven strong roofs above you. 12 And have made (therein) a shinning lamp (sun). 13 From the rain clouds We send waters pouring down in abundance, 14 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs, 15 And gardens dense and luxuriant. 16 Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds; 18 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors, 19 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage. 20 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, 21 It will be a place of return 22 Living therein for ages. 23 They will not taste therein cool or any drink. 24 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence - 25 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes). 26 They were those who did not expect a reckoning, 27 and roundly denied Our Signs as false. 28 but We have placed on record every single thing [of what they did]. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30