The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 They quarrel about the great news 2 Regarding which they hold different views. 3 Indeed they will come to know soon; 4 They will indeed come to know soon. 5 Have We not made the earth an even expanse? 6 and the mountains as pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep for rest, 9 and made the night a covering, 10 And We have made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 and built above you seven strong firmaments, 12 And have made (therein) a shinning lamp (sun). 13 and sent down heavy rains from the clouds 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables, 15 and thick gardens grow? 16 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 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 off so that they shall remain a mere semblance. 20 Certainly Hell lies in wait, 21 A home for the rebellious. 22 They will tarry therein for ages. 23 They will not taste therein cool or any drink. 24 save boiling water and pus 25 Recompense fitted! 26 Surely they feared not the account, 27 and roundly denied Our Signs as false. 28 And all things We have recorded in a Book. 29 [So We shall say], "Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings,] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering!" 30