The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ What do they question each other about! 1 Of the mighty tiding 2 That over which they are in disagreement. 3 No indeed; they shall soon know! 4 And once again: Nay, but in time they will come to understand! 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 and created you in pairs (as men and women), 8 And made your sleep for rest, 9 The night a covering, 10 And made the day for livelihood 11 and built above you seven strong firmaments, 12 And have appointed a dazzling lamp, 13 And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly, 14 that We may bring forth with it grain, plants 15 And gardens of thick growth. 16 Verily the Day of Decision is a time appointed. 17 The day when the Trumpet will be blown – you will therefore come forth in multitudes. 18 The heavens will be opened wide and turn into so many doors, 19 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage. 20 Certainly Hell lies in wait, 21 The destination of the rebellious. 22 They will dwell therein for ages. 23 They will not feel cold nor taste any drink 24 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges. 25 An appropriate recompense. 26 Behold, they were not expecting to be called to account, 27 They called Our revelations false with strong denial. 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30