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SurahSurah An-Naba (The Tidings) النبأ
Surah 78 — begins with the great announcement of the Day of Judgement.
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
QuestionWhy does Surah An-Naba open with a question?
Surah An-Naba opens not by naming its subject but by asking, “About what are they asking one …
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 …
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 …
QuestionWhat does it mean that God has recorded 'everything in a Book' in An-Naba 78:29?
An-Naba 78:29 states, 'Yet everything We have recorded in a Book, set down in full' (wa …
ArticleThe Seven Heavens سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
In Sūrah An-Naba the Qur'an names the heavens above us as "seven mighty heavens" — saban shidāda …
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 …
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 …
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' …
QuestionWho is 'the Spirit' (al-Rūḥ) that stands with the angels in Surah An-Naba 78:38?
In Surah An-Naba 78:38, Allah describes the Day when 'the Spirit and the angels stand in ranks.' …
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 …
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 …
ArticleThe Book of Deeds كِتَـٰبًا
In Sūrah An-Naba the Qur'an declares that God “has recorded everything in a Book” (78:29) — the …
QuestionWho are the 'muttaqīn' promised triumph in Surah An-Naba 31?
In An-Naba 78:31, Allah says 'Indeed, for those mindful of God (al-muttaqīn) there is a pl …
QuestionWhat is “the great news” in Surah An-Naba?
In Sūrat An-Nabaʾ, “the great news” (al-nabaʾ al-ʿaẓīm) is the Resurrection and the Day of Judge …
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 …
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 …
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 …
QuestionWhy does An-Naba 78:30 say God will 'never increase them except in torment'?
An-Naba 78:30 closes the passage with a severe address: "So taste — for We shall never …
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 …
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 …
QuestionWhy is 'they will come to know' repeated twice in Surah An-Naba?
The two verses 'Kallā sayaʿlamūn' (78:4) and 'Thumma kallā sayaʿlamūn' (78:5) say almost the same thing on purpose. In Arabic this kind of repetition is a recog
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 '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 …
QuestionWhy does Surah An-Naba say the disbelievers were punished because they 'did not expect any reckoning'?
In An-Naba 78:27, the Qur'an names the root cause of the punishment with striking economy: …
QuestionWhy does the disbeliever cry 'Would that I had been dust' in Surah An-Naba 78:40?
Surah An-Naba 78:40 ends with the disbeliever (al-kāfir) wailing, 'Would that I had been dust …
QuestionWhy does An-Naba 37 say 'none shall have power to address Him'?
An-Naba 78:37 describes Allah as 'Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that lies b …
QuestionWhat does it mean that Hell 'lies in wait' (mirṣād) in Surah An-Naba 78:21?
In Surah An-Naba 78:21, "Indeed, Hell lies in wait" renders كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا (kānat mirṣādan). …
QuestionWhat is the "Day of Decision" (Yawm al-Fasl) in Surah An-Naba 78:17?
In Surah An-Naba 78:17, "the Day of Decision" (Yawm al-Faṣl) is one of the Qur'an's names for th …
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 …
QuestionWhy does the Qur'an say the mountains become "a mirage" on the Day of Judgment (78:20)?
Surah An-Naba 78:20 says "the mountains are set in motion and become a mirage" (sarāban). The …
QuestionWhy does the Qur'an call the sun a "blazing lamp" (sirājan wahhājā) in 78:13?
… . Second, it is a sign pointing to resurrection—the larger argument of Surah An-Naba. It is also worth noting that the Qur'an consistently calls the sun a sirāj (a …
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 …
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.
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
ArticleIn reviewMountains in the Quran الجبال
The Quran describes mountains as "pegs" stabilising the earth — a metaphor with notable scientific resonance.
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.