The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ Of what do they question one another? 1 (Is it) of the great announcement 2 About which they have been differing? 3 Nay, but in time they will come to understand [it]! 4 Again, no indeed; they shall soon know! 5 HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you,] 6 and raised the mountains like supporting poles? 7 And We have created you in pairs; 8 and We made your sleep a rest, 9 and We made the night a mantle, 10 And the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven firmaments, 12 and placed therein a hot, shining lamp, 13 and sent down heavy rains from the clouds 14 so that We may thereby bring forth grain and vegetation, 15 And gardens of entwined growth. 16 Verily the Day of Decision is a time appointed. 17 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes, 18 The heavens will have openings like doors. 19 The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. 20 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush, 21 for the insolent a resort, 22 Where they will remain for aeons, 23 and where they will taste neither coolness nor any drink 24 except boiling water and pus 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 Indeed, they were not expecting an account 27 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth). 28 However, We have recorded everything in a book. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30