An-Naba

ClassificationMeccanNo. of Rukus2No. of verses40No. of words174No. of letters796

Quran
History Waḥy First revelation Asbab al-Nuzul Historicity Manuscripts Samarkand Kufic Quran Sanaa manuscript Topkapi manuscript Birmingham manuscript
Divisions Surah List Meccan Medinan Āyah Juz' Muqatta'at
Content Prophets Women Animals Legends Miracles Parables Science Eschatology God
Reading Qāriʾ Hifz Tajwid Tarteel Ahruf Qira'at
Translations List English Ahmadiyya
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Characteristics I'jaz Inerrancy
Related Criticism Quran and Sunnah Quranism Shi’a view
Category Islam portal
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An-Naba or The News^[1] (Arabic: النبأ, an-nabaʼ,^[2] 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.^[3] The Arabic triliteral root WQY "muttaqeena" is employed as a poetic parataxis to TGY).^{[citation needed]}

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 ^[4]

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).'"^{[5][relevant? – discuss]}

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