The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 Is it about the awesome tiding 2 concerning which they have disputes. 3 Nay, they will come to know! 4 Yes, indeed, before long they will learn all about it. 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse. 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And We have created you in pairs; 8 And made your sleep a rest. 9 And have made the night as a covering (through its darkness), 10 and made the day [a symbol of] life. 11 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens] 12 and placed therein a hot, shining lamp, 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water, 14 So that We bring forth thereby corn and vegetation. 15 And gardens dense and luxuriant. 16 Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time - 17 the Day when the Trumpet shall be blown, and you will come forth in multitudes; 18 and when the sky shall be opened up and will become all doors; 19 The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. 20 Certainly Hell lies in wait, 21 a goal for all who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right! 22 They will remain in it for ages. 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink. 24 save boiling water and pus 25 An appropriate recompense. 26 They were those who did not expect a reckoning, 27 and roundly denied Our Signs as false. 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 So taste (the fruit of your deeds). We shall only increase your torment. 30