The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 They quarrel about the great news 2 concerning which they have disputes. 3 No indeed; soon will they come to know; 4 Nay, again, but they will come to know! 5 Have We not made the earth as a cradle 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.). 8 and We have made your sleep [a symbol of] death 9 And We made the night to be a covering, 10 and made the day for earning a livelihood. 11 We raised over you several secure (skies), 12 and placed in them a blazing lamp 13 And We have sent down from the rain-clouds water plenteous. 14 so that We may bring forth thereby grain and a variety of plants, 15 And gardens of thick growth. 16 Surely a time is fixed for the Day of Judgement. 17 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes, 18 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways 19 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage. 20 Indeed hell is lying in ambush. 21 a home for the transgressors, 22 therein to tarry for ages, 23 They will not taste therein cool or any drink. 24 Except boiling water and benumbing cold: 25 A fitting recompense (for them). 26 For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds), 27 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth). 28 And all things We have recorded in a Book. 29 So taste (the fruit of what you sowed), for We shall add nothing but torment, 30