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Surah An-Naba


Surah An-Naba (The Tidings) is the 78. surah in Quran.An-Naba surah is listed as the 80. by revelation order.

The meaning of surah An-Naba is The Tidings. In total this surah is consist of 40 auahs. You can read An-Naba by word by word if you would like to examine it in details or click one of the ayahs below to check that ayah only.

It is considered to be a Meccan Surah as it was believed to be revealed in Mecca. The name of surah comes from the second ayah.

This surah starts with talking about unbelievers rejecting the day of the judgment. It continues with describing the wonders of worldly creations. Allah is the only one capable of creating such complex systems like the clouds that pour water onto the vegetation stimulating growth. He created the night and sleep so that we may rest, the mountains as stakes, and the day for livelihood.

The last part talks about the inevitability of Judgment day and what will happen when it comes on earth and in heavens and hell. 39. Ayah reaffirms that only willing people can become true believers. 

78:1
About what are they asking one another?
‘Amma Yatasaa-aloon
عم يتساءلون
78:2
About the great news -
‘Anin-nabaa-il ‘azeem
عن ٱلنبإ ٱلعظيم
78:3
That over which they are in disagreement.
Allazi hum feehi mukh talifoon
ٱلذى هم فيه مختلفون
78:4
No! They are going to know.
Kallaa sa y’alamoon
كلا سيعلمون
78:5
Then, no! They are going to know.
Thumma kallaa sa y’alamoon
ثم كلا سيعلمون
78:6
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Alam naj’alil arda mihaa da
ألم نجعل ٱلأرض مهـدا
78:7
And the mountains as stakes?
Wal jibaala au taada
وٱلجبال أوتادا
78:8
And We created you in pairs.
Wa khalaq naakum azwaaja
وخلقنـكم أزوجا
78:9
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
Waja’alna naumakum subata
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
78:10
And made the night as clothing.
Waja’alnal laila libasa
وجعلنا ٱليل لباسا
78:11
And made the day for livelihood.
Waja’alnan nahara ma ‘aasha
وجعلنا ٱلنهار معاشا
78:12
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens].
Wa banaina fauqakum sab ‘an shi daada
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
78:13
And made [therein] a burning lamp
Waja’alna siraajaw wah haaja
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
78:14
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water.
Wa anzalna minal m’usiraati maa-an thaj-jaaja
وأنزلنا من ٱلمعصرت ماء ثجاجا
78:15
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation.
Linukh rija bihee habbaw wana baata
لنخرج بهۦ حبا ونباتا
78:16
And gardens of entwined growth.
Wa jan naatin alfafa
وجنـت ألفافا
78:17
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Inna yaumal-fasli kana meeqaata
إن يوم ٱلفصل كان ميقـتا
78:18
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
Yauma yun fakhu fis-soori fataa toona afwaaja
يوم ينفخ فى ٱلصور فتأتون أفواجا
78:19
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways.
Wa futiha tis samaa-u fakaanat abwaaba
وفتحت ٱلسماء فكانت أبوبا
78:20
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
Wa suyyi raatil jibaalu fa kaanat saraaba
وسيرت ٱلجبال فكانت سرابا
78:21
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Inna jahan nama kaanat mirsaada
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
78:22
For the transgressors, a place of return,
Lit taa gheena ma aaba
للطـغين مـابا
78:23
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
Laa bitheena feehaa ahqaaba
لـبثين فيها أحقابا
78:24
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink.
Laa ya zooqoona feeha bar daw walaa sharaaba
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
78:25
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Illa hamee maw-wa ghas saaqa
إلا حميما وغساقا
78:26
An appropriate recompense.
Jazaa-aw wi faaqa
جزاء وفاقا
78:27
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
Innahum kaanu laa yarjoona hisaaba
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
78:28
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
Wa kazzabu bi aayaa tina kizzaba
وكذبوا بـايـتنا كذابا
78:29
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Wa kulla shai-in ahsai naahu kitaa ba
وكل شىء أحصينـه كتـبا
78:30
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
Fa zooqoo falan-nazee dakum ill-laa azaaba (section 1)
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
78:31
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Inna lil mutta qeena mafaaza
إن للمتقين مفازا
78:32
Gardens and grapevines.
Hadaa-iqa wa a’anaa ba
حدائق وأعنـبا
78:33
And full-breasted [companions] of equal age.
Wa kaawa ‘iba at raaba
وكواعب أترابا
78:34
And a full cup.
Wa ka’san di haaqa
وكأسا دهاقا
78:35
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
Laa yasma’oona fiha lagh waw walaa kizzaba
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذبا
78:36
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
Jazaa-am mir-rabbika ataa-an hisaaba
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
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.
Rabbis samaa waati wal ardi wa maa baina humar rahmaani laa yam likoona minhu khitaaba
رب ٱلسمـوت وٱلأرض وما بينهما ٱلرحمـن لا يملكون منه خطابا
78:38
The Day that the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] 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.
Yauma yaqoo mur roohu wal malaa-ikatu saf-fal laa yatakallamoona ill-laa man azina lahur rahmaanu wa qaala sawaaba
يوم يقوم ٱلروح وٱلملـئكة صفا لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له ٱلرحمـن وقال صوابا
78:39
That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
Zaalikal yaumul haqqu faman shaa-at ta khaaza ill-laa rabbihi ma-aaba
ذلك ٱليوم ٱلحق فمن شاء ٱتخذ إلى ربهۦ مـابا
78:40
Indeed, We have warned you of an impending 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!"
In naa anzar naakum azaaban qareebaiy-yauma yan zurul marr-u maa qaddamat yadaahu wa ya qoolul-kaafiru yaa lai tanee kuntu turaaba (section 2)
إنا أنذرنـكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر ٱلمرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول ٱلكافر يـليتنى كنت تربا
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