, after it, will they believe?

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Chapter 78:

AN-NABA (THE TIDINGS, THE ANNOUNCEMENT)
Total Verses: 40 Revealed At: MAKKA

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

078.001
Y: Concerning what are they disputing?

P: Whereof do they question one another?

S: Of what do they ask one another?

078.002
Y: Concerning the Great News,

P: (It is) of the awful tidings,

S: About the great event,

078.003
Y: About which they cannot agree.

P: Concerning which they are in disagreement.

S: About which they differ?

078.004
Y: Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!

P: Nay, but they will come to know!

S: Nay! they shall soon come to know

078.005
Y: Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!

P: Nay, again, but they will come to know!

S: Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

078.006
Y: Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,

P: Have We not made the earth an expanse,

S: Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

078.007
Y: And the mountains as pegs?

P: And the high hills bulwarks?

S: And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

078.008
Y: And (have We not) created you in pairs,

P: And We have created you in pairs,

S: And We created you in pairs,

078.009
Y: And made your sleep for rest,

P: And have appointed your sleep for repose,

S: And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),

078.010
Y: And made the night as a covering,

P: And have appointed the night as a cloak,

S: And We made the night to be a covering,

078.011
Y: And made the day as a means of subsistence?

P: And have appointed the day for livelihood.

S: And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

078.012
Y: And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,

P: And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

S: And We made above you seven strong ones,

078.013
Y: And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

P: And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

S: And We made a shining lamp,

078.014
Y: And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,

P: And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

S: And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,

078.015
Y: That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

P: Thereby to produce grain and plant,