An-Naba 78:2
The Tidings · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 582
The Great News
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٢
(It is) of the awful tidings.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
About the great news.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “naba’” as important news that must be taken seriously; “great” shows it is in itself the greatest of news.
Reflect
Recall today the “great news” of your life: the Hereafter.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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