The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ Of what ask they? 1 About the great news - 2 whereupon they are at variance? 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Again, no indeed; they shall soon know! 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 And the mountains as projections (thereon)? 7 And We have created you in pairs, 8 And We have made your sleep as a rest. 9 And made the night as clothing 10 And made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 And made [therein] a burning lamp 13 From the rain clouds We send waters pouring down in abundance, 14 In order to produce grain and plants with it. 15 And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs. 16 Indeed, the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 the Day when the Trumpet shall be blown, and you will come forth in multitudes; 18 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways 19 and the mountains will be set in motion and become a mirage. 20 Certainly Hell lies in wait, 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 They will abide therein for ages, 23 They will neither taste anything cool in it, nor anything to drink. 24 only burning despair and ice-cold darkness: 25 as a fitting recompense for their deeds. 26 Surely they feared not the account, 27 and they rejected outright Our signs; 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 'Taste! We shall increase you not save in chastisement.' 30