The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ What do they question each other about! 1 About the awesome tidings [of resurrection] 2 that they are in utter disagreement? 3 No indeed; they shall soon know! 4 again, no indeed; soon will they come to know. 5 Did We not make the earth a spreading, 6 and the mountains as pegs (to anchor the earth)? 7 And We have created you in pairs. 8 and We made your sleep a rest, 9 and made the night [its] cloak 10 And We 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 have sent down from the clouds, pouring rain 14 so that We may bring forth thereby grain and a variety of plants, 15 and gardens luxuriant. 16 Indeed the Day of Decision is a time fixed. 17 the Day when the Trumpet shall be blown, and you will come forth in multitudes; 18 and the heaven shall be opened, and become gates, 19 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance. 20 Surely the Hell is an ambush, 21 a return for the insolent, 22 therein they shall abide for ages, 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink 24 Except hot boiling water and hot pus discharged from the people of hell. 25 An appropriate recompense. 26 for they never expected to be called to account, 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 28 Everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30