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سُورَةُ النَّبَإِ · 78:23
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لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًۭا

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In which they will remain for ages [unending].

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Introduction

This is āyah 23 of Sūrat An-Naba (The Tidings), the 80th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 30. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
80 of 114
Surah
An-Naba (78)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time (17)The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (18)And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates (19)And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage (20)Truly, Hell is a place of ambus (21)A dwelling place for the Taghun (22)They will abide therein Ahqab (23)Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink (24)Except Hamim, and Ghassa (25)An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes)(26)For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning (27)But they denied Our Ayat Kidhdhaba (28)And all things We have recorded in a Book (29)So taste you. No increase shall We give you, except in torment (30) Explaining the Day of Decision and what occurs during it Allah says about the Day of Decision – and it is the Day of Judgement – that it is at a fixed…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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