The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ What do they question each other about! 1 About the great news - 2 About which they differ? 3 No indeed; they shall soon know! 4 They will indeed come to know soon. 5 Have We not made the earth as a bed, 6 and the mountains as pegs (to anchor the earth)? 7 and created you in pairs (as men and women), 8 And made your sleep a rest. 9 And We made the night to be a covering, 10 And We have made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 and placed therein a hot, shining lamp, 13 And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly, 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables, 15 And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs. 16 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 the Day that the Horn is blown, and you shall come in crowds 18 And the heaven will have been opened, and it will have become doors. 19 The mountains will be driven away and become like mirages. 20 Verily the Hell is an ambuscade: 21 The destination of the rebellious. 22 In it shall they remain for a long time. 23 They will not taste therein cool or any drink. 24 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence - 25 a fitting requital, 26 Indeed, they did not hope for a Reckoning, 27 And they belied Our revelations with strong belying. 28 And everything 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