Verse 3
The Tidings • makkah
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The addition of the qualifying word, Al-‘Azim (mighty) to An-Naba’ which itself means a great news or event, suggests the tremendous import of the event referred to here.
38:68.
Important Words:
النبأ (the great Event) among other things means, an announcement of great utility which results either in great knowledge or predominance of opinion and which inspires awe and makes the heart tremble with fear (Lane, Kulliyyat & Raghib).
Commentary:
The addition of the qualifying word العظیم (great) to النبأ which itself means, a great news or event, bespeaks of the tremendous import of the event referred to here. The words النبأ العظیم are taken to signify either the Day of Reckoning or the predominance of the Quran over all revealed Scriptures and that of Islam over other Faiths and religious systems. The disbelievers (the verse purports to say) persuade themselves to believe that the predicted event will never take place. So they ask half-mockingly and half in doubt, when that event, so loudly proclaimed, will happen.
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38:68.
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Important Words:
النبأ (the great Event) among other things means, an announcement of great utility which results either in great knowledge or predominance of opinion and which inspires awe and makes the heart tremble with fear (Lane, Kulliyyat & Raghib).
Commentary:
The addition of the qualifying word العظیم (great) to النبأ which itself means, a great news or event, bespeaks of the tremendous import of the event referred to here. The words النبأ العظیم are taken to signify either the Day of Reckoning or the predominance of the Quran over all revealed Scriptures and that of Islam over other Faiths and religious systems. The disbelievers (the verse purports to say) persuade themselves to believe that the predicted event will never take place. So they ask half-mockingly and half in doubt, when that event, so loudly proclaimed, will happen.
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The addition of the qualifying word, Al-‘Azim (mighty) to An-Naba’ which itself means a great news or event, suggests the tremendous import of the event referred to here.