An-Naba

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النبأ An-Nabaʼ The Tidings
---- Arabic text · English translation
Classification	Meccan
Other names	The Announcement
Position	Juzʼ 30
Number of Rukus	2
Number of verses	40

Sūrat an-Nabaʼ (Arabic: سورة النبأ‎‎, "The Tidings, The Announcement") is the 78th chapter (sura) of the Quran with 40 verses. The 40 verses are divided into two equal parts of 20 verses each. The first 20 verses are filled with the wonders of the worldly creation (the earth, plants, the peace of night shared by loving couples, the mountains and rain). The second 20 verses are filled with the eternal wonders and horrors of the next world with raging sinner (the Arabic root TGY "tageena" is used) being punished starkly opposed with the rewarding of dutiful believers (the Arabic root WQY "mutaqeena" is employed as a poetic parataxis to TGY) in paradise.