Chapter 78: Surah An-Naba (The Great News)

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Chapter 78: Surah An-Naba (The Great News)

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Chapter 78: Surah An-Naba (سورة النبأ)
Meaning: The Great News | Has: 40 Verses | Revealed In: Mecca (Makki Surah)



1. عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
What are they asking one another about?

2. عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
About the great news—

3. ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
That over which they disagree.

4. كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
No! They will come to know.

5. ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Then again, no! They will surely come to know.

6. أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًۭا
Have We not made the earth a resting place?

7. وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًۭا
And the mountains as stakes?

8. وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا
And We created you in pairs,

9. وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًۭا
And made your sleep \[a means for] rest,

10. وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًۭا
And made the night as a covering,

11. وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًۭا
And made the day for livelihood,

12. وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًۭا شِدَادًۭا
And built above you seven mighty \[heavens],

13. وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًۭا وَهَّاجًۭا
And made \[therein] a burning lamp (the sun),

14. وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءًۭ ثَجَّاجًۭا
And sent down from the rain clouds pouring water,

15. لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّۭا وَنَبَاتًۭا
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation,

16. وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
And gardens of entwined growth.

17. إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا
Indeed, the Day of Judgment is an appointed time—

18. يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًۭا
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes,

19. وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًۭا
And the sky is opened and becomes gateways,

20. وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
And the mountains are removed and will be \[as] a mirage.

21. إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًۭا
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait,

22. لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًۭا
For the transgressors, a place of return,

23. لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًۭا
In which they will remain for ages \[unending].

24. لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًۭا وَلَا شَرَابًا
They will not taste therein \[any] coolness or drink,

25. إِلَّا حَمِيمًۭا وَغَسَّاقًۭا
Except scalding water and \[foul] purulence—

26. جَزَآءًۭ وِفَاقًا
An appropriate recompense.

27. إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًۭا
Indeed, they were not expecting an account,

28. وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًۭا
And denied Our verses with \[emphatic] denial.

29. وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًۭا
But all things We have enumerated in writing.

30. فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
So taste \[the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment.

31. إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment—

32. حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًۭا
Gardens and grapevines,

33. وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًۭا
And full-breasted companions of equal age,

34. وَكَأْسًۭا دِهَاقًۭا
And a full cup \[of wine].

35. لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًۭا
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood—

36. جَزَآءًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءًۭ حِسَابًۭا
[As] reward from your Lord, \[a generous] gift \[made due] by account,

37. رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًۭا
[From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him \[authority for] speech.

38. يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّۭا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.

39. ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a \[way of] return.

40. إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًۭا قَرِيبًۭا ۖ يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۭا
Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment—on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth, and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"

Significance of Surah An-Naba:
Surah An-Naba discusses the Day of Resurrection and the life after death. It opens with a powerful question about "The Great News" (i.e., the Day of Judgment) and reminds people of the signs of Allah in creation. It contrasts the fate of the righteous and the wicked and serves as a stark warning for those who deny the Hereafter.



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