78th surah of the Quran

Surah An-Naba

The Announcement

Meccan 40 verses Juz 30
An-Naba

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿١﴾

Whereof do they question one another?

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٢﴾

(It is) of the awful tidings,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ ﴿٣﴾

Concerning which they are in disagreement.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤﴾

Nay, but they will come to know!

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٥﴾

Nay, again, but they will come to know!

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًۭا ﴿٦﴾

Have We not made the earth an expanse,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًۭا ﴿٧﴾

And the high hills bulwarks?

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ﴿٨﴾

And We have created you in pairs,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًۭا ﴿٩﴾

And have appointed your sleep for repose,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًۭا ﴿١٠﴾

And have appointed the night as a cloak,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًۭا ﴿١١﴾

And have appointed the day for livelihood.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًۭا شِدَادًۭا ﴿١٢﴾

And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًۭا وَهَّاجًۭا ﴿١٣﴾

And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءًۭ ثَجَّاجًۭا ﴿١٤﴾

And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّۭا وَنَبَاتًۭا ﴿١٥﴾

Thereby to produce grain and plant,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا ﴿١٦﴾

And gardens of thick foliage.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًۭا ﴿١٧﴾

Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًۭا ﴿١٨﴾

A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًۭا ﴿١٩﴾

And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا ﴿٢٠﴾

And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًۭا ﴿٢١﴾

Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًۭا ﴿٢٢﴾

A home for the rebellious.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًۭا ﴿٢٣﴾

They will abide therein for ages.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًۭا وَلَا شَرَابًا ﴿٢٤﴾

Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

إِلَّا حَمِيمًۭا وَغَسَّاقًۭا ﴿٢٥﴾

Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

جَزَآءًۭ وِفَاقًا ﴿٢٦﴾

Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًۭا ﴿٢٧﴾

For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًۭا ﴿٢٨﴾

They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًۭا ﴿٢٩﴾

Everything have We recorded in a Book.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا ﴿٣٠﴾

So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا ﴿٣١﴾

Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًۭا ﴿٣٢﴾

Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًۭا ﴿٣٣﴾

And voluptuous women of equal age;

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَكَأْسًۭا دِهَاقًۭا ﴿٣٤﴾

And a full cup.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًۭا ﴿٣٥﴾

There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

جَزَآءًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًۭا ﴿٣٦﴾

Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًۭا ﴿٣٧﴾

Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّۭا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًۭا ﴿٣٨﴾

On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا ﴿٣٩﴾

That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًۭا قَرِيبًۭا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا ﴿٤٠﴾

Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust!"

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

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Arabic text: Uthmani script. English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall. Audio: everyayah.com.

About Surah An-Naba

Surah An-Naba (النبإ) is the 78th surah of the Quran. It has 40 verses and is found in Juz 30. It is classified as a Meccan surah, meaning it was mainly revealed before the Prophet's migration (Hijra) to Medina.

Its name, النبإ, is commonly translated as “The Announcement”.

Questions about Surah An-Naba

How many verses are in Surah An-Naba?

Surah An-Naba (النبإ) has 40 verses. It is the 78th surah of the Quran, after Surah Al-Mursalat and before Surah An-Nazi'at, and it is found in Juz 30.

Is Surah An-Naba Meccan or Medinan?

It is classified as a Meccan surah, meaning it was mainly revealed before the Hijra. In the traditional order of revelation it is number 80 out of 114. Scholars sometimes differ about the place of revelation of some verses.

What does the name of Surah An-Naba mean?

النبإ is commonly translated as “The Announcement”. The surahs are named after a word or a theme that appears in them, and the name is a label rather than a summary of the whole surah.

Which Juz is Surah An-Naba in?

Surah An-Naba is in Juz' 30.

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