An-Naba

The News [1] (Arabic: النبأ‎, an-nabaʼ,[2] aka "The Tidings", "The Announcement") is the seventy-eighth chapter (surah) of the Quran. Its forty verses (ayat) are divided into two equal parts of twenty verses each.

Sura 78 of the Quran

النبأ An-Naba The Tidings
Arabic text English translation
Classification	Meccan
No. of Rukus	2
No. of verses	40
No. of words	174
No. of letters	796

The first twenty verses discuss the wonders of the worldly creation (the earth, plants, the peace of night, the mountains and rain); Q78:1-5 Unbelievers shall yet learn the truth of the resurrection; 78:6-16 God the Creator and Preserver of all things. [Q78:17-20] describes Judgment-day scenes.[3]

The latter twenty verses are about the eternal wonders and horrors of the next world with the raging sinner (the Arabic root TGY "tageena" is used) being punished starkly opposed with the rewarding of dutiful believers (the Arabic root WQY "mutaqeena" is employed as a poetic parataxis to TGY) in paradise.[4]

Hadith

• Abu Ishaq narrated from Ikrimah 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]

References

1. George Sale translation
2. Ibn Kathir. "Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Surah Al Naba". Quran 4 U. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
3. Rev. E. M. WHERRY, M.A. A Complete Index to Sale's Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes
4. An-Naba at Sacred Texts
5. Jami` at-Tirmidhi English reference: Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3297 Arabic reference: Book 47, Hadith 3609

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