The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 About the Great News 2 on which they [so utterly] disagree. 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 again, no indeed; soon will they come to know. 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 and fixed the mountains like pegs, 7 Have We not created you in pairs, 8 and made your sleep a means of repose, 9 And made the night as clothing 10 and We made the day for a livelihood. 11 We raised over you several secure (skies), 12 And placed a lamp therein brightly burning. 13 And from the wind-driven clouds We send down waters pouring in abundance, 14 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation 15 And gardens of thick foliage. 16 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 It is a Day whereon the trumpet will be blown, and ye will come in multitudes. 18 and heaven is opened, having gates, 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 [On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] 21 for the insolent a resort, 22 there, they shall live for ages, 23 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink 24 except boiling water and pus, 25 Recompense fitted! 26 Indeed, they were not expecting an account 27 But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet (Peace be upon him) brought) completely. 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 (They will be told), "Suffer, We shall only increase the torment for you". 30