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النبأ

Surah An-Naba (النبأ) - Transliteration, Translation and Audio

Chapter 78 of the Quran, 40 verses, "The Tidings"

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Surah An-Naba Transliteration and English Translation

  1. 1

    عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    'Amma Yatasaa-aloon

    About what are they asking one another?

  2. 2

    عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    'Anin-nabaa-il 'azeem

    About the great news -

  3. 3

    ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

    Allazi hum feehi mukh talifoon

    That over which they are in disagreement.

  4. 4

    كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

    Kallaa sa y'alamoon

    No! They are going to know.

  5. 5

    ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

    Thumma kallaa sa y'alamoon

    Then, no! They are going to know.

  6. 6

    أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًۭا

    Alam naj'alil arda mihaa da

    Have We not made the earth a resting place?

  7. 7

    وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًۭا

    Wal jibaala au taada

    And the mountains as stakes?

  8. 8

    وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا

    Wa khalaq naakum azwaaja

    And We created you in pairs

  9. 9

    وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًۭا

    Waja'alnan naumakum subata

    And made your sleep [a means for] rest

  10. 10

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًۭا

    Waja'alnal laila libasa

    And made the night as clothing

  11. 11

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًۭا

    Waja'alnan nahara ma 'aasha

    And made the day for livelihood

  12. 12

    وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًۭا شِدَادًۭا

    Wa banaina fauqakum sab 'an shi daada

    And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

  13. 13

    وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًۭا وَهَّاجًۭا

    Waja'alna siraajaw wah haaja

    And made [therein] a burning lamp

  14. 14

    وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءًۭ ثَجَّاجًۭا

    Wa anzalna minal m'usiraati maa-an saj-jaaja

    And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water

  15. 15

    لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّۭا وَنَبَاتًۭا

    Linukh rija bihee habbaw wana baata

    That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

  16. 16

    وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا

    Wa jan naatin alfafa

    And gardens of entwined growth.

  17. 17

    إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًۭا

    Inna yaumal-fasli kana miqaata

    Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

  18. 18

    يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًۭا

    Yauma yun fakhu fis-soori fataa toona afwaaja

    The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

  19. 19

    وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًۭا

    Wa futiha tis samaa-u fakaanat abwaaba

    And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

  20. 20

    وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

    Wa suyyi raatil jibaalu fa kaanat saraaba

    And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

  21. 21

    إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًۭا

    Inna jahan nama kaanat mirsaada

    Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

  22. 22

    لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًۭا

    Lit taa gheena ma aaba

    For the transgressors, a place of return,

  23. 23

    لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًۭا

    Laa bitheena feehaa ahqaaba

    In which they will remain for ages [unending].

  24. 24

    لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًۭا وَلَا شَرَابًا

    Laa ya zooqoona feeha bar daw walaa sharaaba

    They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink

  25. 25

    إِلَّا حَمِيمًۭا وَغَسَّاقًۭا

    Illa hamee maw-wa ghas saaqa

    Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

  26. 26

    جَزَآءًۭ وِفَاقًا

    Jazaa-aw wi faaqa

    An appropriate recompense.

  27. 27

    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًۭا

    Innahum kaanu laa yarjoona hisaaba

    Indeed, they were not expecting an account

  28. 28

    وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًۭا

    Wa kazzabu bi aayaa tina kizzaba

    And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

  29. 29

    وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًۭا

    Wa kulla shai-in ahsai naahu kitaa ba

    But all things We have enumerated in writing.

  30. 30

    فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

    Fa zooqoo falan-nazee dakum ill-laa azaaba

    "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

  31. 31

    إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

    Inna lil mutta qeena mafaaza

    Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

  32. 32

    حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًۭا

    Hadaa-iqa wa a'anaa ba

    Gardens and grapevines

  33. 33

    وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًۭا

    Wa kaawa 'iba at raaba

    And full-breasted [companions] of equal age

  34. 34

    وَكَأْسًۭا دِهَاقًۭا

    Wa ka'san di haaqa

    And a full cup.

  35. 35

    لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًۭا

    Laa yasma'oona fiha lagh waw walaa kizzaba

    No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

  36. 36

    جَزَآءًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًۭا

    Jazaa-am mir-rabbika ataa-an hisaaba

    [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,

  37. 37

    رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًۭا

    Rabbis samaa waati wal ardi wa maa baina humar rahmaani laa yam likoona minhu khi taaba

    [From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.

  38. 38

    يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّۭا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًۭا

    Yauma yaqoo mur roohu wal malaa-ikatu saf-fal laa yata kalla moona illa man azina lahur rahmaanu wa qaala sawaaba

    The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.

  39. 39

    ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا

    Zaalikal yaumul haqqu faman shaa-at ta khaaza ill-laa rabbihi ma-aaba

    That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

  40. 40

    إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًۭا قَرِيبًۭا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا

    In naa anzar naakum azaaban qareebaiy-yauma yan zurul marr-u maa qaddamat yadaahu wa ya qoolul-kaafiru yaa lai tanee kuntu turaaba

    Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"

About Surah An-Naba

Surah An-Naba (Arabic: النبأ), meaning "The Tidings", is the 78th chapter of the Quran and has 40 verses. It was revealed in Makkah, when the Quraysh were questioning and disputing the news of resurrection brought by the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The surah is about the great news of the Day of Judgment, and the signs in creation that point to it.

It opens with a question, "About what are they asking one another? About the great news", and adds that it is the matter over which they disagree. It then points to the signs around them: the earth spread out as a resting place, the mountains as pegs, human beings created in pairs, sleep for rest, night as a covering, day for earning a living, the seven strong heavens, a blazing lamp, and rain that brings forth grain, plants and dense gardens. It declares that the Day of Judgment is an appointed time, when the trumpet is blown and people come forth in crowds. It describes Hell lying in wait for the transgressors and the success awaiting the righteous, and the Day when the Spirit and the angels stand in rows and none speaks without the permission of the Most Merciful. It ends with the disbeliever crying, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!" It opens the thirtieth part of the Quran, known as Juz Amma.

Main Themes of Surah An-Naba

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Frequently Asked Questions About Surah An-Naba

What is the great news in Surah An-Naba?
Most commentators explain the great news (an-naba' al-azim) as the resurrection and the Day of Judgment, which the disbelievers disputed. Some also understood it as the Quran or the message of the Prophet (peace be upon him), which carries this news.
Why is the last part of the Quran called Juz Amma?
The thirtieth part of the Quran begins with Surah An-Naba, whose first word is "Amma", meaning "about what". The whole section is named after that word, and because its surahs are short, it is often the first part of the Quran that Muslims learn by heart.
Why does the disbeliever wish he were dust in Surah An-Naba?
The final verse describes the Day when each person sees what his hands have sent ahead, and the disbeliever says, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!" It expresses the regret of one who would rather not exist than face judgment.

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