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78. An-Naba - The News
| 1 | Of what do they question one another? |
| 2 | Of the mighty tiding |
| 3 | whereon they are at variance. |
| 4 | No indeed; they shall soon know! |
| 5 | Again, no indeed; they shall soon know! |
| 6 | Have We not made the earth as a cradle |
| 7 | and the mountains as pegs? |
| 8 | And We created you in pairs, |
| 9 | and We appointed your sleep for a rest; |
| 10 | and We appointed night for a garment, |
| 11 | and We appointed day for a livelihood. |
| 12 | And We have built above you seven strong ones, |
| 13 | and We appointed a blazing lamp |
| 14 | and have sent down out of the rainclouds water cascading |
| 15 | that We may bring forth thereby grain and plants, |
| 16 | and gardens luxuriant. |
| 17 | Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time, |
| 18 | the day the Trumpet is blown, and you shall come in troops, |
| 19 | and heaven is opened, and become gates, |
| 20 | and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. |
| 21 | Behold, Gehenna has become an ambush, |
| 22 | for the insolent a resort, |
| 23 | therein to tarry for ages, |
| 24 | tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink |
| 25 | save boiling water and pus |
| 26 | for a suitable recompense. |
| 27 | They indeed hoped not for a reckoning, |
| 28 | and they cried loud lies to Our signs; |
| 29 | and everything We have numbered in a Book. |
| 30 | 'Taste! We shall increase you not save in chastisement.' |
| 31 | Surely for the godfearing awaits a place of security, |
| 32 | gardens and vineyards |
| 33 | and maidens with swelling breasts, like of age, |
| 34 | and a cup overflowing. |
| 35 | Therein they shall hear no idle talk, no cry of lies, |
| 36 | for a recompense from thy Lord, a gift, a reckoning, |
| 37 | Lord of the heavens and earth, and all that between them is, the All-merciful of whom they have no power to speak. |
| 38 | Upon the day when the Spirit and the angels stand in ranks they shall speak not, save him to whom the All-merciful has given leave, and who speaks aright. |
| 39 | That is the true day; so whosoever wills takes unto his Lord a resort. |
| 40 | Lo, We have warned you of a nigh chastisement, upon the day when a man shall behold what his hands have forwarded, and the unbeliever shall say, 'O would that I were dust!' |