An-Naba or The News ( ar, النبأ, ''an-nabaʼ'',
also known as "The Tidings", "The Announcement") is the
seventy-eighth chapter (
surah) of the
Quran, 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 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
Parataxis (from el, παράταξις, "act of placing side by side"; from παρα, ''para'' "beside" + τάξις, ''táxis'' "arrangement") is a literary technique, in writing or speaking, that favors short, simple sentences, without conjun ...
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 described
:37-38 No
intercessor
Intercession or intercessory prayer is the act of praying to a deity on behalf of others, or asking a saint in heaven to pray on behalf of oneself or for others.
The Apostle Paul's exhortation to Timothy specified that intercession prayers s ...
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, from
Ibn Abbas who said: "
Abu Bakr ay Allah be pleased with him
Ay, AY or variants, may refer to:
People
* Ay (pharaoh), a pharaoh of the 18th Egyptian dynasty
* Merneferre Ay, a pharaoh of the 13th Egyptian dynasty
* A.Y. (musician) (born 1981), a Tanzanian "bongo flava" artist
* A.Y, stage name of Ayo Makun ...
said: 'O Messenger of Allah! You have become gray.' He said: 'I have gone gray from
Hud (surah),
Al-Waqi'a,
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).'"
[ Jami` at-Tirmidhi English reference: Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3297
Arabic reference: Book 47, Hadith 3609]
References
External links
Quran 78 Sahih International translation
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