Surah 78
النبإ
An-Naba
The Tidings
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.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
78:1عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ 1
About what are they asking one another?
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- 78:2
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ 2
About the great news -
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- 78:3
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ 3
That over which they are in disagreement.
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- 78:4
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ 4
No! They are going to know.
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- 78:5
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ 5
Then, no! They are going to know.
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- 78:6
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا 6
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
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- 78:7
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا 7
And the mountains as stakes?
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- 78:8
وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا 8
And We created you in pairs
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- 78:9
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا 9
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
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- 78:10
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا 10
And made the night as clothing
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- 78:11
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا 11
And made the day for livelihood
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- 78:12
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا 12
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
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- 78:13
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا 13
And made [therein] a burning lamp
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- 78:14
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا 14
And sent down from the rain clouds pouring water
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- 78:15
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا 15
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
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- 78:16
وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا 16
And gardens of entwined growth.
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- 78:17
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا 17
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
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- 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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- 78:19
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا 19
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
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- 78:20
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا 20
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
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- 78:21
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا 21
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
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- 78:22
لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا 22
For the transgressors, a place of return,
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- 78:23
لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا 23
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
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- 78:24
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا 24
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink.
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- 78:25
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا 25
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
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- 78:26
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا 26
An appropriate recompense.
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- 78:27
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا 27
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
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- 78:28
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا 28
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
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- 78:29
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًا 29
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
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- 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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- 78:31
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا 31
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
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- 78:32
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًا 32
Gardens and grapevines
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- 78:33
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا 33
And young women [companions] of equal age.
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- 78:34
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا 34
And a full cup.
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- 78:35
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا 35
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
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- 78:36
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا 36
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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