The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ Whereof do they question one another? 1 Is it about the awesome tiding 2 Concerning which they are in disagreement. 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Nay, again, but they will come to know! 5 HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you,] 6 and raised the mountains like supporting poles? 7 And We have created you in pairs; 8 made sleep for you to rest, 9 And made the night a cover. 10 and made the day for earning a livelihood. 11 And built seven strong roofs above you. 12 And We made a shining lamp, 13 and sent down heavy rains from the clouds 14 that We may bring forth thereby grain and plants, 15 and gardens luxuriant. 16 Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed, 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates; 19 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage. 20 Verily the Hell is an ambuscade: 21 The rebels' abode, 22 They will tarry therein for ages. 23 and where they will taste neither coolness nor any drink 24 except boiling water and pus, 25 as a fitting recompense for their deeds. 26 Behold, they were not expecting to be called to account, 27 And they belied Our revelations with strong belying. 28 And all things We have recorded in a Book. 29 "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment." 30