About What Are They Asking Each Other — The Great Announcement and Proof of Resurrection
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عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
— النبأ 1
Verse: "About what are they asking each other? About the great announcement — that over which they disagree." (78:1-3)
"The great announcement": Resurrection and the Day of Judgment — what the Meccan people disputed and questioned among themselves. The answer came in detailed scenes of the Last Day.
Cosmic evidence for resurrection: "Did We not make the earth a resting place and the mountains as stakes?" — Allah's power to create the first time proves His power to recreate.
Awesome ending: "The day the Spirit and the angels stand in rows, none shall speak except one permitted by Ar-Rahman who says what is right" — cosmic awe in total silence.
Source: Ibn Kathir (8/320); Al-Sadi; Al-Qurtubi (19/175)
Question: What is the "great announcement" the deniers were asking about in Surah An-Naba?
Answer: Resurrection and the Day of Judgment — they disputed its possibility and denied it. The surah came with cosmic evidence and detailed scenes to establish it.