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• SurahSurah An-Naba (The Tidings) النبأ

  Surah 78 — begins with the great announcement of the Day of Judgement.

• ArticleIn reviewAt-Tammah al-Kubra (Greatest Calamity) الطَّامَّة الْكُبْرَى

  A name of the Day of Judgement in Surah An-Naziʿat 79:34 — "the Greatest Calamity that overwhelms" — emphasising its inescapable, all-encompassing severity.

• ArticleIn reviewCreation Account in the Quran خَلْق السَّمَاوَات وَالْأَرْض

  The Quran's account of Allah creating the heavens and the earth in six days — without specifying the length of those days — and the staged creation of humanity

• ArticleIn reviewDay and Night الليل والنهار

  The Quran emphasises the alternation of day and night as a sign of divine wisdom.

• ArticleIn reviewDay of Judgement يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَة

  The end of the world and final accounting in Islamic eschatology, when all created beings will be raised, gathered before Allah, judged on their deeds, and assi

• ArticleIn reviewDisbelievers (Kuffar) الْكُفَّار

  Those who disbelieve in or reject the message of Islam after it has reached them — one of the categories the Quran contrasts with the believers (mu'minun) and t

• ArticleIn reviewEarth as a Resting Place الْأَرْض مِهَادًا

  … a "cradle" or "resting place" prepared for human habitation — named in Surah An-Naba 78:6 and several other verses.

• ArticleEarth as a Resting Place (Mihād) مِهَادًا

  … ead out for human life (78:6) — one of the signs of God's provision in Sūrah An-Naba, where the same Hand that laid the ground to rest you is named as the One able …

• ArticleIn reviewGrazing Livestock (An'am) الْأَنْعَام

  A Quranic category for the cattle, sheep, goats, and camels that humans use for milk, meat, transport, and clothing — repeatedly cited as a sign of Allah's prov

• ArticleIn reviewHamim and Ghassaq حَمِيم وَغَسَّاق

  … (boiling/scalding water) and Ghassāq (purulent discharge) — paired in Surah An-Naba 78:25 as the recompense of disbelievers.

• ArticleIn reviewIsrafil إِسْرَافِيل

  The angel charged with the Trumpet — one of the named archangels in Islamic tradition (alongside Jibril and Mikail), who awaits the divine command to blow the t

• ArticleIn reviewJahannam جَهَنَّم

  Hell in Islam — the abode of punishment for those who died in disbelief or unrepented major sin; described in the Quran with seven gates, levels of severity, an

• ArticleIn reviewLord (Rabb) الرَّبّ

  A central name of Allah — denoting Lord, Master, Sustainer, and Owner — used in the very first verse of the Quran (Rabb al-ʿalamīn) and across more than 900 ver

• ArticleMountains as Pegs (Awtād) أَوْتَادًا

  In Sūrah An-Naba the Qur'an calls the mountains awtād — pegs or stakes (78:7) — not as a geology …

• ArticleIn reviewMountains in the Quran الجبال

  The Quran describes mountains as "pegs" stabilising the earth — a metaphor with notable scientific resonance.

• ArticleNight as a Covering, Day for Livelihood لِبَاسًا … مَعَاشًا

  In Surah An-Naba (78:10-11), the Qur'an names the night a covering (libas) and the day a time fo …

• ArticleIn reviewPairs in Creation (Azwaj) أَزْوَاج

  … theme — that Allah created all things in pairs (azwaj) — emphasised in Surah An-Naba 78:8 and elaborated across many verses on the cosmos, life, and gender.

• ArticleIn reviewPunishment (Adhab) الْعَذَاب

  Allah's punishment — both that which befell prior nations who rejected their messengers, and the punishment of the grave and the Hereafter; one of the most-disc

• ArticleIn reviewReward (Jaza) الْجَزَاء

  The Quran's comprehensive term for recompense — encompassing the reward of believers in Paradise, the punishment of disbelievers in Hell, and the principle that

• ArticleIn reviewSleep as a Sign سُبَات

  The Quran identifies sleep as a sign of Allah — a daily death-like rest from which the sleeper is restored each morning, a daily proof of resurrection.

• ArticleIn reviewSurah al-Mursalat سُورَة الْمُرْسَلَات

  The 77th surah of the Quran — Meccan, 50 verses — opening with five oaths on cosmic agencies and warning of the Day of Judgement, with the recurring refrain "Wo

• ArticleIn reviewSurah at-Takwir سُورَة التَّكْوِير

  The 81st surah of the Quran — Meccan, 29 verses — opens with twelve cosmic disturbances at the end of the world and includes a vivid description of the Quran's

• ArticleIn reviewSurah Hud سُورَة هُود

  The 11th surah of the Quran, named after the prophet Hūd; a Meccan surah of 123 verses centred on the prophets sent to past peoples and their fates.

• ArticleThe Blazing Lamp (the Sun) سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

  In Sūrah An-Naba the Qur'an calls the sun sirājan wahhājan — a blazing, radiant lamp (78:13): wa …

• ArticleThe Book of Deeds كِتَـٰبًا

  In Sūrah An-Naba the Qur'an declares that God “has recorded everything in a Book” (78:29) — the …

• ArticleThe Day of Decision (Yawm al-Fasl) يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ

  Yawm al-Fasl, the “Day of Decision” of Sūrah An-Naba (78:17), is the appointed day when truth is finally separated from falsehood an …

• ArticleThe Gardens of Paradise (in An-Naba) حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا

  In Sūrah An-Naba (78:31-36) the reward of the God-conscious is described as gardens and vineyard …

• ArticleThe Great News (al-Nabaʾ al-ʿAẓīm) ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

  Al-Nabaʾ al-ʿAẓīm, the “Great News” of Sūrah An-Naba 78:1–3, is the momentous tiding th …

• ArticleIn reviewThe Heavens and Earth السَّمَاوَات وَالْأَرْض

  A frequent Quranic pairing of all creation — heavens (the celestial realms, including the seven heavens) and earth — invoked in over a hundred verses to indicat

• ArticleIn reviewThe Hour (as-Sa'ah) السَّاعَة

  The moment of arrival of the Day of Judgement — knowledge of its timing reserved exclusively to Allah; recognised by the major signs that herald its imminence.

• ArticleIn reviewThe Reckoning (al-Hisab) الْحِسَاب

  The accounting on the Day of Judgement — Allah's individual questioning of every soul about its deeds, words, and intentions, with the records distributed and r

• ArticleThe Reckoning (al-Ḥisāb) حِسَابًا

  Al-Ḥisāb is the accounting of every deed on the Day of Resurrection. Sūrah An-Naba names the deniers as those who “did not expect any reckoning” (78:27). The Qur' …

• ArticleThe Recompense of the Transgressors (in An-Naba) جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا

  In Sūrah An-Naba, Hell is described as "lying in wait" (78:21) for the transgressors — a place o …

• ArticleIn reviewThe Righteous (al-Muttaqin) الْمُتَّقِين

  The God-conscious — those who possess Taqwa, a vigilant awareness of Allah that places a barrier between the servant and disobedience; one of the Quran's prefer

• ArticleThe Seven Heavens سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

  In Sūrah An-Naba the Qur'an names the heavens above us as "seven mighty heavens" — saban shidāda …

• ArticleIn reviewThe Soul (Nafs) النَّفْس

  The Quranic concept of the human self or soul — encompassing both the personal living being and its moral states; the Quran identifies three states of the nafs

• ArticleThe Spirit (al-Rūḥ) ٱلرُّوحُ

  In Sūrah An-Naba (78:38) the Spirit (al-Rūḥ) and the angels stand in ranks on the Day of Judgeme …

• ArticleIn reviewThe Spirit (ar-Ruh) الرُّوح

  A Quranic term used in several distinct senses — for the human soul, for revelation, for the angel Jibril, and for an angelic being mentioned alongside the ange

• ArticleIn reviewThe Sun in the Quran الشَّمْس

  The Sun is described in the Quran as a "burning lamp" placed in the sky among the signs of Allah — appearing in numerous verses on cosmic ordering, the alternat

• ArticleThe True Day ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ

  In Sūrah An-Naba the appointed reckoning is sealed as “the True Day” (al-yawm al-ḥaqq, 78:39) — …

• ArticleThe Trumpet (al-Sur) ٱلصُّور

  Al-Sur is the Trumpet whose blast marks the Resurrection. In Sūrah An-Naba the Day the Trumpet is blown brings people forth in throngs (78:18), echoed acr …

• ArticleThe Twofold Warning (Kallā Sa-yaʿlamūn) كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

  In Sūrah An-Naba the dispute over “the great news” is met with a doubled warning: “No indeed! Th …

• ArticleIn reviewTwo Blasts of the Trumpet النَّفْخَتَان

  The two blasts of the Trumpet that bookend the end of the world and the resurrection — the first collapsing creation, the second raising it.

• MisconceptionCritics argue that calling the earth a "resting place" (mihād) spread out and pinned by mountains shows the Qur'an teaches a flat earth.

  … hat feeds you, a sky that shelters you, and none of it was your doing. Surah An-Naba makes exactly this move: it lists the provision — earth, mountains, sleep, nigh …

• QuestionWhat does 'a cup filled to the brim' with no idle talk mean in An-Naba 34–35?

  An-Naba 78:34 mentions 'a cup filled to the brim (kaʾsan dihāqan),' and 78:35 says the …

• QuestionWhat does 'Kallā sayaʿlamūn' mean in Surah An-Naba 78:4-5?

  In Surah An-Naba 78:4-5, 'Kallā sayaʿlamūn' (كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ) means 'No indeed; they will c …

• QuestionWhat does 'whoever wills, let him take a way of return to his Lord' mean in Surah An-Naba 78:39?

  Surah An-Naba 78:39 declares, 'That is the True Day. So whoever wills, let him take a way of …

• QuestionWhat does "seven mighty heavens" (sabʿan shidādā) mean in Surah An-Naba 78:12?

  In Surah An-Naba 78:12, Allah says "and built above you seven mighty heavens" (wa-banaynā fawqak …

• QuestionWhat does "the trumpet is sounded" mean in Surah An-Naba 78:18?

  "On the Day the trumpet is sounded" (yawma yunfakhu fī al-ṣūr) in Surah An-Naba 78:18 refers to the blast on the Trumpet (al-ṣūr) that signals the Resurrection …

• QuestionWhat does al-muʿṣirāt mean in Surah An-Naba 78:14?

  … s not incidental to the surah—it is the surah’s whole argument in miniature. An-Nabaʾ opens on “the great news” the people are disputing (78:1–2): that the dead wil …