The News (Al-Naba')
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ What do they question each other about! 1 About the awesome tiding [of resurrection,] 2 whereon they are at variance. 3 (What they think is certainly despicable!). They will soon come to know (the reality). 4 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know. 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse. 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And it is We who created you in pairs. 8 And made your sleep a rest. 9 and the night as a cover, 10 And have appointed the day for livelihood. 11 And We built above you seven strong ones, 12 (the sun) as a shining torch 13 and have sent down out of the rainclouds water cascading 14 that We may bring forth with it grain, plants 15 And dense gardens. 16 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed: 17 On that day the trumpet will be sounded and you will come (to Us) in huge groups. 18 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors, 19 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage. 20 Surely hell lies in wait, 21 a return for the insolent, 22 for the rebellious ones and they will live therein for ages. 23 They will not feel cold nor taste any drink 24 Except boiling water and benumbing cold: 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning; 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 And everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 Therefore taste it now – We shall not increase anything for you except the punishment. 30