An-Naba
78th chapter of the Qur'an
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::summary 78th chapter of the Qur'an ::
::data[format=table title="infobox surah"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| number | 78 |
| name | An-Nabaʾ |
| name-ar | النبأ |
| name-en | The News / The Tidings |
| prev_sura | Quran 77 |
| next_sura | Quran 79 |
| classification | Meccan |
| juz | 30 |
| rukus | 2 |
| verses | 40 |
| words | 174 |
| letters | 796 |
| muqattaat | |
| sajdahs | |
| audio | Chapter 78, An-Naba (Murattal) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3 |
| :: |
| number = 78 | name = An-Nabaʾ | name-ar = النبأ | name-en = The News / The Tidings | prev_sura = Quran 77 | next_sura = Quran 79 | classification = Meccan | juz = 30 | rukus = 2 | verses = 40 | words = 174 | letters = 796 | muqattaat = | sajdahs = | audio = Chapter 78, An-Naba (Murattal) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3 |filename=Chapter 78, An-Naba (Mujawwad) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3 |title=An-Naba |pos=right |description= Recitation of An-Naba in mujawwad. |format=Mp3 An-Naba or The News (, an-nabaʼ, also known as "The Tidings", "The Announcement") is the seventy-eighth chapter (surah) of the Quran, with forty ayat or verses.
Summary
The first twenty verses discuss the wonders of the worldly creation (the earth, plants, the peace of night, the mountains and rain); the final twenty verses are about the eternal wonders and horrors of the next world, with the raging sinner (the Arabic triliteral root TGY "taagheena" is used) being punished starkly opposed with the rewarding of dutiful believers in paradise. The Arabic triliteral root WQY "muttaqeena" is employed as a poetic parataxis to TGY).
Ayat (Verses)
:**1-5 ** Unbelievers shall yet learn the truth of the resurrection :**6-16 ** God the Creator and Preserver of all things :**17-20 ** Judgment-day scenes described :**21-30 ** The recompense of unbelievers in hell described :31-37 The joys of believers in Paradise described :**37-38 ** No intercessor except by God’s permission :**39-40 ** Sinners exhorted to flee from the day of wrath
Hadith
- Abu Ishaq narrated from Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl, from Ibn Abbas who said: "Abu Bakr [may Allah be pleased with him] said: 'O Messenger of Allah! You have become gray.' He said: 'I have gone gray from Hud (surah), Al-Waqi'a, Al-Mursalat and
Amma Yatasa'alun (An-Naba) and Idhash-Shamsu Kuwwirat ([At-Takwir](at-takwir)).'"[Jamiat-Tirmidhi](jami-at-tirmidhi) English reference: Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3297 Arabic reference: Book 47, Hadith 3609
References
References
- [[George Sale's translation]]
- Ibn Kathir. "Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Surah Al Naba". Quran 4 U.
- [http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/078.htm An-Naba] at Sacred Texts
- (1896). "A Complete Index to [[Sale's Text]], Preliminary Discourse, and Notes". Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co.
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