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النَّبَأ

Dr. Kamal Omar

Surah 78. The Tidings, The Announcement (an-Naba`)

40 verses Meccan
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1 The Day of Decision
78:1 ›
عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
Dr. Kamal Omar
About what they ask one another
AAamma yatasaaloona
78:2 ›
عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ
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About the supreme News
AAani alnnaba-i alAAatheemi
78:3 ›
الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
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that one: they thereof are those who differ
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
78:4 ›
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
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By no means! Soon they will come to know
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
78:5 ›
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
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Again, (I repeat), by no means! Soon they will come to know
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
78:6 ›
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا
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Have We not made the earth as a bed and abode
Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan
78:7 ›
وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
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And the mountains as pegs (to keep the earth stable)
Waaljibala awtadan
78:8 ›
وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا
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And We created you in pairs (masculine and feminine)
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
78:9 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
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And We made your sleep Subatan (means of rest and revival)
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
78:10 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
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And We made the night as a raiment
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
78:11 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
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And We established the Day-time for earning livelihood
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
78:12 ›
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
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And We have built over and above you seven (or many) strongly built (heavens)
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
78:13 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
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And We have set a highly shining object emitting bright light (as the sun in the nearest heaven)
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
78:14 ›
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا
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And We sent down from the laden clouds water, raining heavily
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
78:15 ›
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
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so that We may produce therewith corn and vegetations
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
78:16 ›
وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا
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and gardens of overwhelming growth
Wajannatin alfafan
78:17 ›
إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا
Dr. Kamal Omar
Verily, Youmul Fasl (the Day of Decision) is (to occur at) a fixed time
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
78:18 ›
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
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The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, so you people would come forth in large groups
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata/toona afwajan
78:19 ›
وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا
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And the heaven is made opened, so it has turned into gates
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
78:20 ›
وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
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And the mountains have been put in motion, so they have become a mirage
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
78:21 ›
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
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Truly, Hell has become a place of ambush
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
78:22 ›
لِّلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا
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An abode for At-Taghun (those who cross the limits of beliefs and actions)
Lilttagheena maaban
78:23 ›
لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا
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abiders therein for ages
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
78:24 ›
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
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They shall not taste therein anything cool and nor a (palatable) drink
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
78:25 ›
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
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except boiling water and a dark, murky, stinhead of state liquid —
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
78:26 ›
جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا
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(as) an exact recompense (to their beliefs and deeds)
Jazaan wifaqan
78:27 ›
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
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Surely, they had not been loohead of state forward to Accountability
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
78:28 ›
وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا
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And they rejected and denied Ayaatina in a complete denial
Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban
78:29 ›
وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا
Dr. Kamal Omar
And all things We have censussed and counted in the form of a Record
Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban
2 The Day of Decision
78:30 ›
فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
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So taste you! So We never provide you an increase except (in the) torment
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
78:31 ›
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
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Verily, for the Muttaqun is meant the Place of success —
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
78:32 ›
حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا
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orchards and grape-yard
Hada-iqa waaAAnaban
78:33 ›
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
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youthful personalities of identical age and nature
WakawaAAiba atraban
78:34 ›
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
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and a full cup (containing a non-intoxicating drink)
Waka/san dihaqan
78:35 ›
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا
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They shall not listen therein to Laghw, and nor falsehood —
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
78:36 ›
جَزَاءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا
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as a reward from your Nourisher-Sustainer, a gift proportionate (to their performance)
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
78:37 ›
رَّبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
Dr. Kamal Omar
Nourisher-Sustainer to the heavens and the earth, and whatever is in between those two, Ar-Rahman. People dare not speak to Him (against His Decision)
Rabbi alssamawati waal-ardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
78:38 ›
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الرُّوحُ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
Dr. Kamal Omar
The Day Ar-Ruh (Jibriel) and (other) angels will stand forth in rows; people shall not speak except that (whom) Ar-Rahman has permitted unto him (to speak) and he said something commendable
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmala-ikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
78:39 ›
ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَقُّ فَمَن شَاءَ اتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ مَآبًا
Dr. Kamal Omar
That is Al-Yaumul Haqq. So whosoever desired he picked up to his Nourisher-Sustainer a place of (final) return
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
78:40 ›
إِنَّا أَنذَرْنَاكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ الْكَافِرُ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَابًا
Dr. Kamal Omar
Verily We, We have warned you people of a torment very closeby — the Day a man will see what his two hands have sent forth in advance. And the disbeliever will say: “Oh, alas for me! Would that I were dust!”
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
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Surah Info

Surah
The Tidings, The Announcement
Verses
40
Revelation
Meccan
Juz
30
Translations
65

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Resurrection Signs of God News Creation

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  1. 1 The Day of Decision Ayat 1 – 29
  2. 2 The Day of Decision Ayat 30 – 40

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