An-Naba

{{infobox surah

| number = 78

| name = An-Nabaʾ

| name-ar = النبأ

| name-en = 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

}}

An-Naba or The NewsGeorge Sale's translation ({{langx|ar| النبأ}}, an-nabaʼ,{{cite web|url=http://www.quran4u.com/Tafsir%20Ibn%20Kathir/078%20Naba.htm |title=Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Surah Al Naba |work=Quran 4 U|author=Ibn Kathir|author-link=Ibn Kathir|access-date=3 February 2020}} 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.[http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/078.htm An-Naba] at Sacred Texts The Arabic triliteral root WQY "muttaqeena" is employed as a poetic parataxis to TGY).{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}}

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 {{cite book |last1=Wherry |first1=Elwood Morris |author1-link=Elwood Morris Wherry |title=A Complete Index to Sale's Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes |date=1896 |publisher=Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co |location=London}} {{PD-notice}}

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).'"Jami` at-Tirmidhi English reference: Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3297

Arabic reference: Book 47, Hadith 3609{{Relevance inline|discuss=What is the relevance of this Hadith content ?|date=February 2020}}

References

External links

[https://quran.com/78 Quran 78] Sahih International translation

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