An-Naba or The News ( ar, النبأ, ''an-nabaʼ'', also known as "The Tidings", "The Announcement") is the seventy-eighth chapter (

surah A ''surah'' (; ar, سورة, sūrah, , ), is the equivalent of "chapter" in the Qur'an. There are 114 ''surahs'' in the Quran, each divided into '' ayats'' (verses). The chapters or ''surahs'' are of unequal length; the shortest surah (''Al-Ka ...

) of the

Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , s ...

, with forty '' ayat'' or verses.

Summary

The first twenty verses discuss the wonders of the worldly creation (the earth, plants, the peace of night, the mountains and rain); the final twenty verses are about the eternal wonders and horrors of the next world, with the raging sinner (the Arabic

triliteral root The roots of verbs and most nouns in the Semitic languages are characterized as a sequence of consonants or " radicals" (hence the term consonantal root). Such abstract consonantal roots are used in the formation of actual words by adding the vowe ...

TGY "tageena" is used) being punished starkly opposed with the rewarding of dutiful believers in paradise. The Arabic triliteral root WQY "mutaqeena" is employed as a poetic parataxis to TGY).

Ayat (Verses)

:1-5 Unbelievers shall yet learn the truth of the resurrection :6-16 God the Creator and Preserver of all things :17-20 Judgment-day scenes described :21-30 The recompense of unbelievers in hell described :31-37 The joys of believers in

Paradise In religion, paradise is a place of exceptional happiness and delight. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical or eschatological or both, often compared to the miseries of human civilization: in parad ...

described :37-38 No intercessor except by God’s permission :39-40 Sinners exhorted to flee from the day of wrath

Hadith

* Abu Ishaq narrated from

Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl ( ar, عكرمة بن أبي جهل عمرو بن هشام; born: 598 CE) was a leading opponent-turned companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a Muslim commander in the Ridda wars and the conquest of Syria. In the latter campaign, he w ...

, from

Ibn Abbas ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās ( ar, عَبْد ٱللَّٰه ٱبْن عَبَّاس; c. 619 – 687 CE), also known as Ibn ʿAbbās, was one of the cousins of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is considered to be the greatest mufassir of the Qur'a ...

who said: "

Abu Bakr Abu Bakr Abdallah ibn Uthman Abi Quhafa (; – 23 August 634) was the senior companion and was, through his daughter Aisha, a father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the first caliph of Islam. He is known with the honor ...

ay Allah be pleased with himsaid: 'O Messenger of Allah! You have become gray.' He said: 'I have gone gray from

Hud (surah) Hud ( ar, هود, ), is the 11th chapter (''Surah'') of the Quran and has 123 verses ('' ayat''). It relates in part to the prophet Hud. Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (''asbāb al-nuzūl''), it is an earlier " ...

Al-Waqi'a Al-Waqi'a ( ar, الواقعة; "The Inevitable" or "The Event") is the 56th surah (chapter) of the Quran. Muslims believe it was revealed in Mecca (see Meccan surah), specifically around 7 years before the Hijrah (622), the migration of Muh ...

Al-Mursalat Al-Mursalāt ( ar, المرسلات, "The Emissaries", "Winds Sent Forth") is the 77th chapter ( sura) of the Quran, with 50 verses. The chapter takes its name from the word Al-Mursalāt in the first verse. The subject is seen to provide evide ...

and `Amma Yatasa'alun (An-Naba) and Idhash-Shamsu Kuwwirat (

At-Takwir At-Takwīr ( ar, التكوير, literally “The Turning Into a Sphere”) is the eighty-first chapter ('' sura'') of the Qur'an, with 29 verses ('' ayat''). It tells about signs of the coming of the day of judgement. Some of these signs includ ...

).'"

Jami` at-Tirmidhi Jami at-Tirmidhi ( ar, جامع الترمذي), also known as Sunan at-Tirmidhi, is one of "the six books" ('' Kutub al-Sittah'' - the six major hadith collections). It was collected by Al-Tirmidhi. He began compiling it after the year 250 A.H. ...

English reference: Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3297 Arabic reference: Book 47, Hadith 3609

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