Tafsir al-Jalalayn — an-Naba 78:6
Have We not made the earth a cradle a bed like a cradle
Have We not made the earth a cradle a bed like a cradle
and the mountains pegs? with which the earth is tied down like tents are tied down with pegs the interrogative is meant as an affirmative.
And created you in pairs? males and females
and made your sleep for rest? repose for your bodies
and made the night a cloak? to cover you with its darkness
and made the day for livelihood? a time for seeking livelihood
concerning which they are at variance for the believers affirm it while the disbelievers repudiate it.
No indeed! — a disavowal — they will come to know what will befall them for their rejection of it.
About what about what thing are they the people of Quraysh questioning one another?
About the awesome tiding this is the explication of that ‘thing’; the interrogative is meant to emphasise its magnitude — this awesome tiding is the Qur’ān comprising news of the Resurrection and so on which the Prophet s brought —