Surah 78 · Quran

Surah An-Naba in Arabic and English

An-Naba is surah 78 of the Quran; it is Meccan and has 40 ayahs. In the Diyanet mushaf it is in juz 30, on pages 582–583. Below are the Arabic text, transliteration and English translation of every ayah.

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Surah 78
Meccan
40 ayahs
Juz 30 · page 582–583

Surah An-Naba: Arabic, transliteration and translation

Basmala: بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحٖيمِ

An-Naba 78:1

عَمَّ يَتَسَٓاءَلُونَۚ

Transliteration
ʿamma yatasāaloona

Translation
About what are they asking one another?
An-Naba 78:2

عَنِ النَّبَأِ الْعَظٖيمِۙ

Transliteration
ʿani alnnabai alʿatheemi

Translation
About the great news -
An-Naba 78:3

اَلَّذٖي هُمْ فٖيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَؕ

Transliteration
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

Translation
That over which they are in disagreement.
An-Naba 78:4

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَۙ

Transliteration
Kallā sayaʿlamoona

Translation
No! They are going to know.
An-Naba 78:5

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration
Thumma kallā sayaʿlamoona

Translation
Then, no! They are going to know.
An-Naba 78:6

اَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْاَرْضَ مِهَادًاۙ

Transliteration
Alam najʿali alarḏa mihādān

Translation
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
An-Naba 78:7

وَالْجِبَالَ اَوْتَادًاۖ

Transliteration
Waaljibāla awtādān

Translation
And the mountains as stakes?
An-Naba 78:8

وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ اَزْوَاجًاۙ

Transliteration
Wakhalaqnākum azwājān

Translation
And We created you in pairs
An-Naba 78:9

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًاۙ

Transliteration
Wajaʿalnā nawmakum subātān

Translation
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
An-Naba 78:10

وَجَعَلْنَا الَّيْلَ لِبَاسًاۙ

Transliteration
Wajaʿalnā allayla libāsān

Translation
And made the night as clothing
An-Naba 78:11

وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًاۖ

Transliteration
Wajaʿalnā alnnahāra maʿāshān

Translation
And made the day for livelihood
An-Naba 78:12

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًاۙ

Transliteration
Wabanaynā fawqakum sabʿan shidādān

Translation
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
An-Naba 78:13

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًاۖ

Transliteration
Wajaʿalnā sirājan wahhājān

Translation
And made [therein] a burning lamp
An-Naba 78:14

وَاَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَٓاءً ثَجَّاجًاۙ

Transliteration
Waanzalnā mina almuʿṣirāti māan thajjājān

Translation
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
An-Naba 78:15

لِنُخْرِجَ بِهٖ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًاۙ

Transliteration
Linukhrija bihi ḥabban wanabātān

Translation
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
An-Naba 78:16

وَجَنَّاتٍ اَلْفَافًاۜ

Transliteration
Wajannātin alfāfān

Translation
And gardens of entwined growth.
An-Naba 78:17

اِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مٖيقَاتًاۙ

Transliteration
Inna yawma alfaṣli kāna meeqātān

Translation
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
An-Naba 78:18

يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِى الصُّورِ فَتَاْتُونَ اَفْوَاجًاۙ

Transliteration
Yawma yunfakhu fee alṣṣoori fatatoona afwājān

Translation
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
An-Naba 78:19

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَٓاءُ فَكَانَتْ اَبْوَاباًۙ

Transliteration
Wafutiḥati alssamāo fakānat abwābān

Translation
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
An-Naba 78:20

وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَاباًؕ

Transliteration
Wasuyyirati aljibālu fakānat sarābān

Translation
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
An-Naba 78:21

اِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَاداًۙ

Transliteration
Inna jahannama kānat mirṣādān

Translation
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
An-Naba 78:22

لِلطَّاغٖينَ مَاٰباًۙ

Transliteration
Lilṭṭāgheena maābān

Translation
For the transgressors, a place of return,
An-Naba 78:23

لَابِثٖينَ فٖيهَٓا اَحْقَاباًۚ

Transliteration
Lābitheena feehā aḥqābān

Translation
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
An-Naba 78:24

لَا يَذُوقُونَ فٖيهَا بَرْداً وَلَا شَرَاباًۙ

Transliteration
Lā yathooqoona feehā bardan walā sharābān

Translation
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
An-Naba 78:25

اِلَّا حَمٖيماً وَغَسَّاقاًۙ

Transliteration
Illā ḥameeman waghassāqān

Translation
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
An-Naba 78:26

جَزَٓاءً وِفَاقاً

Transliteration
Jazāan wifāqān

Translation
An appropriate recompense.
An-Naba 78:27

اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَاباًۙ

Transliteration
Innahum kānoo lā yarjoona ḥisābān

Translation
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
An-Naba 78:28

وَكَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا كِذَّاباًؕ

Transliteration
Wakaththaboo biāyātinā kiththābān

Translation
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
An-Naba 78:29

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ اَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَاباً

Transliteration
Wakulla shayin aḥṣaynāhu kitābān

Translation
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
An-Naba 78:30

فَذُوقُوا فَلَنْ نَزٖيدَكُمْ اِلَّا عَذَاباًࣖ

Transliteration
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illā ʿathābān

Translation
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
An-Naba 78:31

اِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقٖينَ مَفَازاًۙ

Transliteration
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafāzān

Translation
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
An-Naba 78:32

حَدَٓائِقَ وَاَعْنَاباًۙ

Transliteration
Ḥadāiqa waaʿnābān

Translation
Gardens and grapevines
An-Naba 78:33

وَكَوَاعِبَ اَتْرَاباًۙ

Transliteration
Wakawāʿiba atrābān

Translation
And full-breasted [companions] of equal age
An-Naba 78:34

وَكَأْساً دِهَاقاًؕ

Transliteration
Wakasan dihāqān

Translation
And a full cup.
An-Naba 78:35

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فٖيهَا لَغْواً وَلَا كِذَّاباًۚ

Transliteration
Lā yasmaʿoona feehā laghwan walā kiththābān

Translation
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
An-Naba 78:36

جَزَٓاءً مِنْ رَبِّكَ عَطَٓاءً حِسَاباًۙ

Transliteration
Jazāan min rabbika ʿaṭāan ḥisābān

Translation
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
An-Naba 78:37

رَبِّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَاۙ الرَّحْمٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَاباًۙ

Transliteration
Rabbi alssamāwāti waalarḏi wamā baynahumā alrraḥmāni lā yamlikoona minhu khiṭābān

Translation
[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.
An-Naba 78:38

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الرُّوحُ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ صَفاًّؕ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ اِلَّا مَنْ اَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَاباً

Transliteration
Yawma yaqoomu alrrooḥu waalmalāikatu ṣaffan lā yatakallamoona illā man athina lahu alrraḥmānu waqāla ṣawābān

Translation
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.
An-Naba 78:39

ذٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَقُّۚ فَمَنْ شَٓاءَ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰى رَبِّهٖ مَاٰباً

Transliteration
Thālika alyawmu alḥaqqu faman shāa ittakhatha ilā rabbihi maābān

Translation
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
An-Naba 78:40

اِنَّٓا اَنْذَرْنَاكُمْ عَذَاباً قَرٖيباًۚ يَوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ الْكَافِرُ يَا لَيْتَنٖي كُنْتُ تُرَاباً

Transliteration
Innā antharnākum ʿathāban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro mā qaddamat yadāhu wayaqoolu alkāfiru yā laytanee kuntu turābān

Translation
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!"

Translation: Saheeh International. Arabic text: Mushaf of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of Türkiye (Diyanet), 605 pages; kuran.diyanet.gov.tr. Transliteration: Açık Kuran (acikkuran.com).

Surah An-Naba: FAQ

How many ayahs are in Surah An-Naba?

Surah An-Naba has 40 ayahs.

Which page is Surah An-Naba on?

An-Naba is surah 78 of the Quran. In the Diyanet mushaf it is in juz 30, on pages 582–583.

Is Surah An-Naba Meccan or Medinan?

In the Quran data of the Tevazu app, Surah An-Naba is classified as Meccan.