Surah information

Name

سُورَةُ النَّبَإِ

English name

An-Naba

Translation

The Announcement

Number

78

Ayahs

40

Revelation

Meccan

Translations

بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1

۞ عَمَّ یَتَسَاۤءَلُونَ 

ABOUT WHAT do they [most often] ask one another?

2

عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ 

About the awesome tiding [of resurrection],

3

ٱلَّذِی هُمۡ فِیهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ 

on which they [so utterly] disagree.

4

كَلَّا سَیَعۡلَمُونَ 

Nay, but in time they will come to understand [it]!

5

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَیَعۡلَمُونَ 

And once again: Nay, but in time they will come to understand!

6

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِهَـٰدࣰا 

HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you],

7

وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَوۡتَادࣰا 

and the mountains [its] pegs?

8

وَخَلَقۡنَـٰكُمۡ أَزۡوَ ٰجࣰا 

And We have created you in pairs;

9

وَجَعَلۡنَا نَوۡمَكُمۡ سُبَاتࣰا 

and We have made your sleep [a symbol of] death

10

وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّیۡلَ لِبَاسࣰا 

and made the night [its] cloak