The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ Of what do they ask one another? 1 (It is) of the awful tidings, 2 on which they [so utterly] disagree. 3 No indeed; soon will they come to know; 4 Again, by no means! anon they shall know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse, 6 and the mountains [its] pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 And We have made your sleep as a rest. 9 made the night as a covering, 10 And made the day as a means of subsistence? 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 And We made a shining lamp, 13 and have sent down from the clouds, pouring rain 14 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation 15 And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs. 16 Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts, 18 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates, 19 and the mountains shall be made to vanish, as if they had been a mirage. 20 Surely hell lies in wait, 21 The rebels' abode, 22 therein they shall abide for ages, 23 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink 24 save boiling water and a stinking fluid -- 25 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes). 26 Verily they were wont not to look for a reckoning. 27 and they rejected outright Our signs; 28 We have kept account of everything in a book. 29 "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment." 30