The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 Is it about the awesome tiding 2 About which they have been differing? 3 Surely yes, they will soon come to know! 4 Nay, again, but they will come to know! 5 Did We not make the earth a spreading, 6 And the mountains as projections (thereon)? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And have made your sleep as a thing for rest. 9 and made the night [its] cloak 10 And made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 We have built above you seven mighty heavens, 12 And We made a shining lamp, 13 and sent down abundant water from the clouds 14 That We may produce from it grain and vegetation, 15 and luxuriant gardens. 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds; 18 and the heaven shall be opened, and become gates, 19 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage. 20 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, 21 a home for the transgressors, 22 therein to tarry for ages, 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink 24 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges. 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 Behold, they were not expecting to be called to account, 27 and they absolutely belied Our verses, 28 We have kept account of everything in a book. 29 [So We shall say], "Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings,] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering!" 30