The Qur'an Sura LXXVIII — THE NEWS
1Of what ask they of one another?
2Of the great NEWS.
3The theme of their disputes.
4Nay! they shall certainly knows its truth!
5Again. Nay! they shall certainly know it.
6Have we not made the Earth a couch?
7And the mountains its tent-stakes?
8We have created you of two sexes,
9And ordained your sleep for rest,
10And ordained the night as a mantle,
11And ordained the day for gaining livelihood,
12And built above you seven solid heavens,
13And placed therein a burning lamp;
14And we send down water in abundance from the rain-clouds,
15That we may bring forth by it corn and herbs,
16And gardens thick with trees.
17Lo! the day of Severance is fixed;
18The day when there shall be a blast on the trumpet, and ye shall come in crowds,
19And the heaven shall be opened and be full of portals,
20And the mountains shall be set in motion, and melt into thin vapour.
21Hell truly shall be a place of snares,
22The home of transgressors,
23To abide therein ages;
24No coolness shall they taste therein nor any drink,
25Save boiling water and running sores;
26Meet recompense!
27For they looked not forward to their account;
28And they gave the lie to our signs, charging them with falsehood;
29But we noted and wrote down all:
30"Taste this then: and we will give you increase of nought but torment."
31But, for the God-fearing is a blissful abode,
32Enclosed gardens and vineyards;
33And damsels with swelling breasts, their peers in age,
34And a full cup:
35There shall they hear no vain discourse nor any falsehood:
36A recompense from thy Lord–sufficing gift!–
37Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and of all that between them lieth–the God of Mercy! But not a word shall they obtain from Him.
38On the day whereon the Spirit and the Angels shall be ranged in order, they shall not speak: save he whom the God of Mercy shall permit, and who shall say that which is right.
39This is the sure day. Whoso then will, let him take the path of return to his Lord.
40Verily, we warn you of a chastisement close at hand:
41The day on which a man shall see the deeds which his hands have sent before him; and when the unbeliever shall say, "Oh! would I were dust!"
Suras are in the standard order; verse divisions follow Rodwell's 1861 edition and do not always match the standard ayah numbering.