عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ١
1. About what are they asking one another?
Memorize Surah An-Naba
سورة النبإ
Surah An-Naba has 40 verses on 2 pages of the Madinah mushaf (pages 582 to 583), in juz 30. It splits into 2 portions, one per page: learn one, recite it without help, then move on to the next while linking it to the previous one.
Memorization plan for Surah An-Naba
2 portions, one per page of the Madinah mushaf. Tap a portion to practise it; its status stays in this browser.
At one page a day, allow 2 days; at half a page a day, 4 days, with reviews in every session.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ٢
2. About the great news1821 -
Notes
[1821] i.e., the Resurrection.
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ ٣
3. That over which they are in disagreement.
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ٤
4. No! They are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ٥
5. Then, no! They are going to know.
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا ٦
6. Have We not made the earth a resting place?
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا ٧
7. And the mountains as stakes?1822
Notes
[1822] To stabilize the land and balance the earth.
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ٨
8. And We created you in pairs
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا ٩
9. And made your sleep [a means for] rest
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا ١٠
10. And made the night as clothing1823
Notes
[1823] Covering you in darkness and providing rest.
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا ١١
11. And made the day for livelihood
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا ١٢
12. And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا ١٣
13. And made [therein] a burning lamp
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا ١٤
14. And sent down from the rain clouds pouring water
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا ١٥
15. That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا ١٦
16. And gardens of entwined growth.
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا ١٧
17. Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا ١٨
18. The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا ١٩
19. And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا ٢٠
20. And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا ٢١
21. Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا ٢٢
22. For the transgressors, a place of return,
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا ٢٣
23. In which they will remain for ages [unending].
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا ٢٤
24. They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink.
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا ٢٥
25. Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا ٢٦
26. An appropriate recompense.1824
Notes
[1824] In proportion to and comparable with their crimes.
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا ٢٧
27. Indeed, they were not expecting an account
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا ٢٨
28. And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا ٢٩
29. But all things We have enumerated in writing.
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا ٣٠
30. "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."1825
Notes
[1825] This announcement will be made to the companions of Hell.
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا ٣١
31. Indeed, for the righteous is attainment1826 -
Notes
[1826] Of security, success and reward, including escape and safety from Hell.
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا ٣٢
32. Gardens and grapevines
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا ٣٣
33. And young women [companions] of equal age.
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا ٣٤
34. And a full cup.1827
Notes
[1827] Of wine which is delicious and does not intoxicate.
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا ٣٥
35. No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا ٣٦
36. [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,1828
Notes
[1828] i.e., as a result of both their own righteous deeds and the limitless generosity of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) . Another meaning is "a gift calculated [to be adequate]."
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا ٣٧
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.1829
Notes
[1829] None of Allāh's creatures can plead with Him on the Day of Judgement except by His permission.
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا ٣٨
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.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا ٣٩
39. That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.1830
Notes
[1830] i.e., a direct route through correct beliefs and righteous deeds.
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا ٤٠
40. Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth1831 and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"
Notes
[1831] i.e., the deeds he did in this world, which await him in the Hereafter.
Verses not to confuse
10 verses of Surah An-Naba resemble other verses of the Quran: a classic trap when reciting from memory. The closest ones:
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An-Naba 78:35
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
Al-Waqi’ah 56:25لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا
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An-Naba 78:37
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
As-Saffat 37:5رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ
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An-Naba 78:39
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
Al-Muzzammil 73:19إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا
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An-Naba 78:38
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
Taha 20:109يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةُ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَرَضِىَ لَهُۥ قَوْلًا
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