The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 (Is it) of the great announcement 2 concerning which they have disputes. 3 Nay, they will come to know! 4 Again, no indeed; they shall soon know! 5 Have We not made the earth a resting place? 6 And the mountains as projections (thereon)? 7 And We have created you in pairs; 8 And have appointed your sleep for repose, 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And We have made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And built seven strong roofs above you. 12 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour? 13 And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance, 14 to make the seeds, plants, 15 and gardens luxuriant. 16 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed: 17 the day the Trumpet is blown, and you shall come in troops, 18 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways 19 and the mountains will be set in motion and become a mirage. 20 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush, 21 a goal for all who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right! 22 In which they will remain for ages [unending]. 23 Finding neither sleep nor any thing to drink 24 Except hot boiling water and hot pus discharged from the people of hell. 25 A fitting recompense (for them). 26 for they never expected to be called to account, 27 and they rejected outright Our signs; 28 However, We have recorded everything in a book. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30