The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ Concerning what are they disputing? 1 About the awesome tidings [of resurrection] 2 About which they cannot agree. 3 (What they think is certainly despicable!). They will soon come to know (the reality). 4 They will indeed come to know soon. 5 Have We not made the earth as a cradle 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And We have created you in pairs; 8 And made sleep for you to rest, 9 and the night as a cover, 10 And made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We built above you seven strong ones, 12 and We have set therein a glowing lamp. 13 and have sent down from the clouds, pouring rain 14 In order to produce grain and plants with it. 15 And gardens of thick foliage. 16 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed: 17 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes, 18 and heaven is opened, having gates, 19 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage. 20 Behold, Gehenna has become an ambush, 21 a return for the insolent, 22 therein to tarry for ages, 23 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink 24 Except boiling water and benumbing cold: 25 An appropriate recompense. 26 For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds), 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 but We have placed on record every single thing [of what they did]. 29 So taste (the fruit of what you sowed), for We shall add nothing but torment, 30