سُورَةُ النَّبَأ

An-Naba', The Great News

The seventy-eighth surah of the Qur'an, 40 ayahs, revealed in Makkah. It is also called 'Amma, from its first word.

Mountains like pegs, the blazing lamp and rain pouring on gardens (78:7, 13–16)

عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ

About what are they asking one another? About the great news. (78:1–2)

The surah, ayah by ayah

Ayah 40Ayah 1

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Six themes

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