Surah An-Naba — النبأ
- 40 verses
- Meccan
- Juz 30
- Mushaf page 582
- Surah no. 78
Surah An-Naba (“The Announcement”) is chapter 78 of the Quran. It is a Meccan surah of 40 verses that begins in Juz 30 on page 582 of the Madinah Mushaf. Below is the full Arabic text with the Saheeh International English translation.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- 1عَمَّ يَتَسَاۤءَلُونَ
About what are they asking one another?
- 2عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
About the great news -
- 3ٱلَّذِی هُمۡ فِيهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ
That over which they are in disagreement.
- 4كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ
No! They are going to know.
- 5ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ
Then, no! They are going to know.
- 6أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِهَـٰدࣰا
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
- 7وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَوۡتَادࣰا
And the mountains as stakes?
- 8وَخَلَقۡنَـٰكُمۡ أَزۡوَ ٰجࣰا
And We created you in pairs
- 9وَجَعَلۡنَا نَوۡمَكُمۡ سُبَاتࣰا
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
- 10وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسࣰا
And made the night as clothing
- 11وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشࣰا
And made the day for livelihood
- 12وَبَنَيۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعࣰا شِدَادࣰا
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
- 13وَجَعَلۡنَا سِرَاجࣰا وَهَّاجࣰا
And made [therein] a burning lamp
- 14وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُعۡصِرَ ٰتِ مَاۤءࣰ ثَجَّاجࣰا
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
- 15لِّنُخۡرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبࣰّا وَنَبَاتࣰا
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
- 16وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلۡفَافًا
And gardens of entwined growth.
- 17إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتࣰا
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
- 18يَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِی ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأۡتُونَ أَفۡوَاجࣰا
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
- 19وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فَكَانَتۡ أَبۡوَ ٰبࣰا
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
- 20وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ فَكَانَتۡ سَرَابًا
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
- 21إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتۡ مِرۡصَادࣰا
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
- 22لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابࣰا
For the transgressors, a place of return,
- 23لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَاۤ أَحۡقَابࣰا
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
- 24لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرۡدࣰا وَلَا شَرَابًا
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
- 25إِلَّا حَمِيمࣰا وَغَسَّاقࣰا
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
- 26جَزَاۤءࣰ وِفَاقًا
An appropriate recompense.
- 27إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ حِسَابࣰا
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
- 28وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابࣰا
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
- 29وَكُلَّ شَیۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبࣰا
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
- 30فَذُوقُواْ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمۡ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
- 31إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
- 32حَدَاۤئِقَ وَأَعۡنَـٰبࣰا
Gardens and grapevines
- 33وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتۡرَابࣰا
And full-breasted [companions] of equal age
- 34وَكَأۡسࣰا دِهَاقࣰا
And a full cup.
- 35لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوࣰا وَلَا كِذَّ ٰبࣰا
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
- 36جَزَاۤءࣰ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاۤءً حِسَابࣰا
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
- 37رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِۖ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِنۡهُ خِطَابࣰا
[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.
- 38يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلۡمَلَـٰۤئِكَةُ صَفࣰّاۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابࣰا
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.
- 39ذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ فَمَن شَاۤءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
- 40إِنَّاۤ أَنذَرۡنَـٰكُمۡ عَذَابࣰا قَرِيبࣰا يَوۡمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلۡكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيۡتَنِی كُنتُ تُرَ ٰبَۢا
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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How many verses are in Surah An-Naba?
Surah An-Naba has 40 verses.
Is Surah An-Naba Meccan or Medinan?
Surah An-Naba is a Meccan surah.
What does Surah An-Naba mean?
The name “An-Naba” is usually translated as “The Announcement”. It is chapter 78 of the Quran, starting in Juz 30.