☪️ Quran Chapter 78: The News – Al Naba سورة النبأ

Revelation place: Mecca

Revelation order: 80

Number of verses: 40

Theme: The Great News of resurrection and judgment, signs in creation, and the ultimate division between believers and deniers.

Subjects: Resurrection · Theology · Creation · Warning · Paradise & Hell

Summary:

Surah An-Naba’ is a Meccan surah that opens with a powerful question about “An-Naba’ al-‘Aẓīm”  “The Great News.”

“About what are they asking one another? About the great news that over which they disagree.” (78:1–3)

This “great news” refers to the Day of Resurrection, which the disbelievers mocked and denied. The surah asserts with full certainty:

“No! They are going to know. Then, no! They are going to know.” (78:4–5)

The surah then points to signs in creation as proof of divine power and the reality of the afterlife:

• The earth spread out,

• The mountains as pegs,

• Humans created in pairs,

• Sleep for rest, night for covering, day for livelihood,

• Rain descending, producing gardens and food.

“Have We not made the earth a resting place? And the mountains as stakes?” (78:6–7)

These signs serve as evidence that the One who created and sustains life can resurrect it.

The surah then transitions to scenes of the Day of Judgment:

• The Trumpet is blown,

• The heavens are opened,

• The mountains vanish,

• Hell is brought forth, awaiting the wrongdoers.

“Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait for the transgressors, a place of return.” (78:21–22)

The righteous, however, are promised a different destiny:

“Indeed, for the righteous is attainment of gardens and grapevines, and full-breasted companions of equal age, and a full cup.” (78:31–34)

They will find peace, reward, and the pleasure of their Lord.

The surah ends with a final warning: the Day will come, no intercession will help except by Allah’s permission, and the deniers will wish for annihilation rather than face their fate.

“The Day they see it, it will be as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.” (78:40)

Key Embedded Themes:

• The Great News: Resurrection and judgment are inevitable.

• Signs of Creation: Evidence of divine power and wisdom.

• The Day of Judgment: Cosmic upheaval and divine justice.

• Two Destinies: Eternal bliss for the righteous, punishment for deniers.

• Divine Warning: The time for repentance is now, not then.

Essence:An-Naba’ is a surah of powerful imagery and certainty. It shakes the denier with reminders of the Hereafter and reassures the believer of Allah’s perfect justice, mercy, and reward.

With the name of Allah, the Gracious the Merciful.

1- About what they are asking? (Keep questioning and disputing in an argumentative

manner)

2- About the great news (Resurrection)

3- The one that they are in it, differ

4- No, they will know

5- Then, No they will know

6- Have We not made the earth a cradle? (Spreader)

7- And the mountains as pegs. (Stakes)

8- And created you in pairs

9- And made your sleep a stillness

10- And made the night a cloak

11- And made the morning livelihood

12- And build above you seven strong

13- And made glaring (blazing) braid (The sun radiating heat ornament light lamp)

14- And sent down from the squeezers (cloud) pouring water

15- To bring with it grains and plants

16- And entwined garden

17- Indeed, the day of separation (On Resurrection, haven and hell) is appointed

18- The day the horn is blown in, you come in crowds

19- And the heavens are opened and became gates

20- And marched the mountains and they became mirage

21- Indeed, hell was on the lookout (Is ready and on full watch)

22- For the tyrants (who crossed Allah’s boundaries) place of return

23- Residing in it for ages (consecutive)

24- They do not taste in coolness or drinks

25- Except for scolding (fluid) and pus

26- A fitting recompense

27- They were not wishing for a reconning

28- And denied Our signs with lies (strongly ongoing and out loud)

29- And everything We calculated in writing

30- So taste We will not increase you but torments

31- For sure the pious (Righteous, God’s torments fearing) a winning

32- Gardens and grapevines

33- And protrudes of age (maidens of that age when the breasts of a woman jut like the Kabbah)

34- And a full cup

35- They do not hear in it ill-talk or lies

36- A reward from your God-bestowed account

37- God of the heaven and the earth and what between them, The Merciful, they do not own from Him to speak (They have no authority to speak to Him)

38- The day the soul rises and the angels in rows, and they do not speak, except whom The Merciful permits and say on target

39- That is the day of truth, so whoever wills takes to his God the place of return

40- We have warned you a near torment, the day when the human (believer) looks at what his hand had put forth, and the disbeliever says “I wish I was dust” (Dead, or never created)

Disclaimer:

The Holy Quran can only be read in its original Arabic language. No translation or interpretation of the Holy Quran can be used as a replacement for the Arabic Holy Quran. I am not a scholar nor do I have any Islamic diplomas. I have tried to provide a Quran translation and contemplations that are faithful to the Quranic Arabic language using an empirical approach that is based on my readings of selected scholars’ interpretations, my personal experiences, and my understanding of The Holy Quran as a Muslim native Arabic speaker.