# Surah An-Naba (النَّبَأ) — The Announcement > **Chapter 78 of the Holy Quran** · **40 Verses** · **Meccan Revelation** - **Canonical Reading Page**: https://easyquran.io/surah-an-naba - **Markdown URL**: https://easyquran.io/surah-an-naba.md - **Machine-Readable JSON Dataset**: https://easyquran.io/surah-data/78.json - **Reciter**: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy - **Script**: Authentic Uthmanic Arabic Script (Hafs 'an 'Asim) - **English Translation**: Saheeh International (100+ additional languages available on the interactive web reader) ## Complete Quran Text & English Translation (40 Verses) ### Verse 78:1 عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ About what are they asking one another ### Verse 78:2 عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ About the great news ### Verse 78:3 ٱلَّذِي هُمۡ فِيهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ That over which they are in disagreement ### Verse 78:4 كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ No! They are going to know ### Verse 78:5 ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ Then, no! They are going to know ### Verse 78:6 أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِهَٰدࣰ ا Have We not made the earth a resting place ### Verse 78:7 وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَوۡتَادࣰ ا And the mountains as stakes ### Verse 78:8 وَخَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجࣰ ا And We created you in pairs ### Verse 78:9 وَجَعَلۡنَا نَوۡمَكُمۡ سُبَاتࣰ ا And made your sleep [a means for] rest ### Verse 78:10 وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسࣰ ا And made the night as clothing ### Verse 78:11 وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشࣰ ا And made the day for livelihood ### Verse 78:12 وَبَنَيۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعࣰ ا شِدَادࣰ ا And constructed above you seven strong [heavens] ### Verse 78:13 وَجَعَلۡنَا سِرَاجࣰ ا وَهَّاجࣰ ا And made [therein] a burning lamp ### Verse 78:14 وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُعۡصِرَٰتِ مَآءࣰ ثَجَّاجࣰ ا And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water ### Verse 78:15 لِّنُخۡرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبࣰّ ا وَنَبَاتࣰ ا That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation ### Verse 78:16 وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلۡفَافًا And gardens of entwined growth ### Verse 78:17 إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتࣰ ا Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time ### Verse 78:18 يَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأۡتُونَ أَفۡوَاجࣰ ا The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes ### Verse 78:19 وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ أَبۡوَٰبࣰ ا And the heaven is opened and will become gateways ### Verse 78:20 وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ فَكَانَتۡ سَرَابًا And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage ### Verse 78:21 إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتۡ مِرۡصَادࣰ ا Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait ### Verse 78:22 لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابࣰ ا For the transgressors, a place of return ### Verse 78:23 لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحۡقَابࣰ ا In which they will remain for ages [unending] ### Verse 78:24 لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرۡدࣰ ا وَلَا شَرَابًا They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink ### Verse 78:25 إِلَّا حَمِيمࣰ ا وَغَسَّاقࣰ ا Except scalding water and [foul] purulence ### Verse 78:26 جَزَآءࣰ وِفَاقًا An appropriate recompense ### Verse 78:27 إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ حِسَابࣰ ا Indeed, they were not expecting an account ### Verse 78:28 وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابࣰ ا And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial ### Verse 78:29 وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ كِتَٰبࣰ ا But all things We have enumerated in writing ### Verse 78:30 فَذُوقُواْ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمۡ إِلَّا عَذَابًا So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment ### Verse 78:31 إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا Indeed, for the righteous is attainment ### Verse 78:32 حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعۡنَٰبࣰ ا Gardens and grapevines ### Verse 78:33 وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتۡرَابࣰ ا And full-breasted [companions] of equal age ### Verse 78:34 وَكَأۡسࣰ ا دِهَاقࣰ ا And a full cup ### Verse 78:35 لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوࣰ ا وَلَا كِذَّٰبࣰ ا No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood ### Verse 78:36 جَزَآءࣰ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابࣰ ا [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account ### Verse 78:37 رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۖ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِنۡهُ خِطَابࣰ ا [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 ### Verse 78:38 يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفࣰّ اۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابࣰ ا The Day that the Spirit 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 ### Verse 78:39 ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return ### Verse 78:40 إِنَّآ أَنذَرۡنَٰكُمۡ عَذَابࣰ ا قَرِيبࣰ ا يَوۡمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلۡكَافِرُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَٰبَۢا Indeed, We have warned you of a near 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