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'''Sūra al-Nabaʾ''' (Arabic:  {{ia|سورة النبأ}}) or '''Sūra ʿAmma''' (Arabic:  {{ia|سورة عمَّ}}) or '''Sūra al-Tasāʾul''' (Arabic:  {{ia|سورة التسائل}}) is the 78th [[sura]] of the [[Qur'an]] and a [[Makki sura]]. It is a relatively short Qur'anic sura. Sura al-Naba' is the first sura of the  [[juz' 30th]]. This is why this juz' is called "'Amma juz'". "Nabaʾ" means "news".

Sura al-Nabaʾ is concerned with the [[resurrection]] and its events, and the condition of [[Sin|sinner]]s and good people on that day. Its well-known [[verse]]s are verses 31 onwards concerning the [[pious]] people after the resurrection. Some [[hadiths]] take the "pious" in these verses to refer to [[Amir al-Mu'minin (a)]].

===Place and Order of Revelation===

Sura al-Naba' is a [[Makki]] sura of the Qur'an. It is the 80th sura [[revealed]] to the [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]]. In [[current order of compilation]], it is the 78th sura of the Qur'an<ref>Maʿrifat, ''Āmūzish-i ʿulūm-i Qurʾān'', vol. 1, p. 167.</ref> located in juz' 30.

===Number of Verses and Words===

Sura al-Naba' has 40 verses, 174 words, and 797 letters. It is one of the [[Mufassalat]] suras (the ones with short and numerous verses). It is a relatively short sura which occurs at the beginning of the 30th [[juz']] of the [[Qur'an]]. Thus, it is known as "'Amma juz'".<ref>Khurramshāhī, ''Dānishnāma-yi Qurʾān'', vol. 2, p. 1260-1261.</ref>

There are 10 [[hadith]]s in ''[[Tafsir al-burhan]]'' under the first and the second verses of Sura al-Naba' according to which the "Great News" is [[Amir al-Mu'minin 'Ali (a)]] or his [[Wilaya]].<ref>Baḥrānī, ''al-Burhān'', vol. 5, p. 566.</ref> Also in his book, ''[[Ihqaq al-haqq]]'', [[Qadi Nur Allah al-Shushtari]] quotes [[al-Hakim al-Haskani]] (a [[Sunni]] scholar) as saying that the pious in the verse 31 of the sura ("for the [[pious people]] is achievement") refers to [['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]].<ref>Shūshtarī, ''Iḥqāq al-ḥaqq'', vol. 14, p. 533.</ref>

==Well-Known Verses==

Verses 31 to 41 of Sura al-Naba' are very well-known. The recital of these verses with the voice of 'Abd al-Basit (the famous Egyptian reciter of the Qur'an) is very well-known among Iranians. In these verses, God enumerates the rewards of the pious people after the resurrection.

==Occasion of Revelation: the Quraysh and their Mocking at the Prophet (s)==

[[Al-Shaykh al-Tusi]] writes in his exegesis of the Qur'an, ''[[al-Tibyan]]'': with respect to the [[occasion of the revelation]] of this sura, it is said that the [[Prophet (s)]] talked to the [[Quraysh]] about the news of earlier peoples and preached them, but they mocked at him. Thus, God forbade the Prophet (s) from talking to them. One day, the Prophet (s) was talking to his [[Sahaba]] when one of the [[polytheists]] went to him and the Prophet (s) stopped talking. Then polytheists gathered and told him, "O Muhammad! Your talks are strange. We like to hear it". But the Prophet (s) said: "God has forbidden me from talking with you". Then the verse, "about what are they asking each other? About great news", was revealed.<ref>Ṭūsī, ''al-Tibyān'', vol. 10, p. 238.</ref>