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Surah An-Naba

سُورَةُ النَّبَإِ

Surah An-Naba is the 78th surah of the Quran. Its name means “The Announcement”. It is a meccan surah of 40 verses, opening in juz 30 on page 582 of the mushaf. Below is the full Arabic text in Uthmani script with an English translation for every verse.

سُورَةُ النَّبَإِ

An-Naba · Meccan · 40 ayahs

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ١ عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ٢ ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ٣ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ٤ ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ٥ أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًۭا٦ وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًۭا٧ وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا٨ وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًۭا٩ وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًۭا١٠ وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًۭا١١ وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًۭا شِدَادًۭا١٢ وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًۭا وَهَّاجًۭا١٣ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءًۭ ثَجَّاجًۭا١٤ لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّۭا وَنَبَاتًۭا١٥ وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا١٦ إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًۭا١٧ يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًۭا١٨ وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًۭا١٩ وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا٢٠ إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًۭا٢١ لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًۭا٢٢ لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًۭا٢٣ لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًۭا وَلَا شَرَابًا٢٤ إِلَّا حَمِيمًۭا وَغَسَّاقًۭا٢٥ جَزَآءًۭ وِفَاقًا٢٦ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًۭا٢٧ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًۭا٢٨ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًۭا٢٩ فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا٣٠ إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا٣١ حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًۭا٣٢ وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًۭا٣٣ وَكَأْسًۭا دِهَاقًۭا٣٤ لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًۭا٣٥ جَزَآءًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًۭا٣٦ رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًۭا٣٧ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّۭا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًۭا٣٨ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا٣٩ إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًۭا قَرِيبًۭا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا٤٠

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Translation, verse by verse
  1. 78:1

    About what are they asking one another?

  2. 78:2

    About the great news -

  3. 78:3

    That over which they are in disagreement.

  4. 78:4

    No! They are going to know.

  5. 78:5

    Then, no! They are going to know.

  6. 78:6

    Have We not made the earth a resting place?

  7. 78:7

    And the mountains as stakes?

  8. 78:8

    And We created you in pairs

  9. 78:9

    And made your sleep [a means for] rest

  10. 78:10

    And made the night as clothing

  11. 78:11

    And made the day for livelihood

  12. 78:12

    And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

  13. 78:13

    And made [therein] a burning lamp

  14. 78:14

    And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water

  15. 78:15

    That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

  16. 78:16

    And gardens of entwined growth.

  17. 78:17

    Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

  18. 78:18

    The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

  19. 78:19

    And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

  20. 78:20

    And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

  21. 78:21

    Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

  22. 78:22

    For the transgressors, a place of return,

  23. 78:23

    In which they will remain for ages [unending].

  24. 78:24

    They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink

  25. 78:25

    Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

  26. 78:26

    An appropriate recompense.

  27. 78:27

    Indeed, they were not expecting an account

  28. 78:28

    And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

  29. 78:29

    But all things We have enumerated in writing.

  30. 78:30

    "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

  31. 78:31

    Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

  32. 78:32

    Gardens and grapevines

  33. 78:33

    And full-breasted [companions] of equal age

  34. 78:34

    And a full cup.

  35. 78:35

    No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

  36. 78:36

    [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,

  37. 78:37

    [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. 78:38

    The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.

  39. 78:39

    That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

  40. 78:40

    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!"

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