Read Surah An-Naba (النبإ), chapter 78 of the Quran and known as The Tidings — all 40 verses in Arabic alongside Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, with free MP3 recitation from 12 reciters. Revealed in Makkah.

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  1. بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

    78:1

    عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ 1

    About what are they asking one another?

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  2. 78:2

    عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ 2

    About the great news -

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  3. 78:3

    ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ 3

    That over which they are in disagreement.

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  4. 78:4

    كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ 4

    No! They are going to know.

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  5. 78:5

    ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ 5

    Then, no! They are going to know.

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  6. 78:6

    أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا 6

    Have We not made the earth a resting place?

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  7. 78:7

    وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا 7

    And the mountains as stakes?

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  8. 78:8

    وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا 8

    And We created you in pairs

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  9. 78:9

    وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا 9

    And made your sleep [a means for] rest

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  10. 78:10

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا 10

    And made the night as clothing

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  11. 78:11

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا 11

    And made the day for livelihood

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  12. 78:12

    وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا 12

    And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

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  13. 78:13

    وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا 13

    And made [therein] a burning lamp

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  14. 78:14

    وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا 14

    And sent down from the rain clouds pouring water

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  15. 78:15

    لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا 15

    That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

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  16. 78:16

    وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا 16

    And gardens of entwined growth.

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  17. 78:17

    إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا 17

    Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

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  18. 78:18

    يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا 18

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

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  19. 78:19

    وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا 19

    And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

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  20. 78:20

    وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا 20

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

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  21. 78:21

    إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا 21

    Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

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  22. 78:22

    لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا 22

    For the transgressors, a place of return,

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  23. 78:23

    لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا 23

    In which they will remain for ages [unending].

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  24. 78:24

    لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا 24

    They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink.

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  25. 78:25

    إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا 25

    Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

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  26. 78:26

    جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا 26

    An appropriate recompense.

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  27. 78:27

    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا 27

    Indeed, they were not expecting an account

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  28. 78:28

    وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا 28

    And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

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  29. 78:29

    وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًا 29

    But all things We have enumerated in writing.

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  30. 78:30

    فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا 30

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

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  31. 78:31

    إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا 31

    Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

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  32. 78:32

    حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًا 32

    Gardens and grapevines

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  33. 78:33

    وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا 33

    And young women [companions] of equal age.

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  34. 78:34

    وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا 34

    And a full cup.

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  35. 78:35

    لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا 35

    No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

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  36. 78:36

    جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا 36

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

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  37. 78:37

    رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا 37

    [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.

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  38. 78:38

    يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا 38

    The Day that the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] 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.

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  39. 78:39

    ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا 39

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

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  40. 78:40

    إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا 40

    Indeed, We have warned you of an impending 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!"

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