The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 (It is) of the awful tidings, 2 Concerning which they are in disagreement. 3 (What they think is certainly despicable!). They will soon come to know (the reality). 4 Again, indeed, they shall know! 5 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse, 6 and fixed the mountains like pegs, 7 And it is We who created you in pairs. 8 And made your sleep [a means for] rest 9 And have appointed the night as a cloak, 10 And the day for seeking livelihood. 11 We have built above you seven mighty heavens, 12 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour? 13 And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly, 14 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs, 15 and gardens luxuriant. 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 On that day the trumpet will be sounded and you will come (to Us) in huge groups. 18 And the heaven will be opened – it therefore becomes like gates. 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, 21 For the exorbitant a receptacle. 22 therein to tarry for ages, 23 They will not taste therein cool or any drink. 24 only burning despair and ice-cold darkness: 25 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes). 26 Verily they were wont not to look for a reckoning. 27 and they cried loud lies to Our signs; 28 And everything We have recorded in a book. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30