Chapter 26 · 227 verses
Ash-Shu'araa
The Poets
الشعراء
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
26:1
طسٓمٓ١
English
Ṭâ-Sĩn-Mĩm.
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26:2
تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ٢
English
These are the verses of the clear Book.
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26:3
لَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ٣
English
Perhaps you ˹O Prophet˺ will grieve yourself to death over their disbelief.
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26:4
إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَـٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَـٰضِعِينَ٤
English
If We willed, We could send down upon them a ˹compelling˺ sign from the heavens, leaving their necks bent in ˹utter˺ submission to it.
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26:5
وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ٥
English
Whatever new reminder comes to them from the Most Compassionate, they always turn away from it.
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26:6
فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ٦
English
They have certainly denied ˹the truth˺, so they will soon face the consequences of their ridicule.
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26:7
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ٧
English
Have they failed to look at the earth, ˹to see˺ how many types of fine plants We have caused to grow in it?
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26:8
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ٨
English
Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.
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26:9
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ٩
English
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.
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26:10
وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ١٠
English
˹Remember˺ when your Lord called out to Moses, “Go to the wrongdoing people—
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26:11
قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ١١
English
the people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear ˹Allah˺?”
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26:12
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ١٢
English
He replied, “My Lord! I fear that they will reject me.
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26:13
وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَـٰرُونَ١٣
English
And ˹so˺ my heart will be broken and my tongue will be tied. So send Aaron along ˹as a messenger˺.
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26:14
وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ١٤
English
Also, they have a charge against me, so I fear they may kill me.”
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26:15
قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ١٥
English
Allah responded, “Certainly not! So go, both of you, with Our signs. We will be with you, listening.
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26:16
فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ١٦
English
Go to Pharaoh and say, ‘We are messengers from the Lord of all worlds
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26:17
أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ١٧
English
˹commanded to say:˺ ‘Let the Children of Israel go with us.’’”
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26:18
قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ١٨
English
Pharaoh protested, “Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you stayed several years of your life in our care?
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26:19
وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ١٩
English
Then you did what you did, being ˹utterly˺ ungrateful!”
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26:20
قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ٢٠
English
Moses replied, “I did it then, lacking guidance.
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About Surah Ash-Shu'araa (The Poets)
A Meccan sūrah recounting Mūsā, Ibrāhīm, Nūḥ, Hūd, Ṣāliḥ, Lūṭ, and Shuʿayb in succession, each affirming the same message against rejection.
- Chapter
- 26 of 114
- Revealed in
- Mecca
- Period
- Meccan
- Verses
- 227
Frequently asked questions
What is Surah Ash-Shu'araa about?
A Meccan sūrah recounting Mūsā, Ibrāhīm, Nūḥ, Hūd, Ṣāliḥ, Lūṭ, and Shuʿayb in succession, each affirming the same message against rejection.
How many verses are in Surah Ash-Shu'araa?
Surah Ash-Shu'araa (The Poets) has 227 verses (āyāt).
Is Surah Ash-Shu'araa Meccan or Madinan?
Surah Ash-Shu'araa is a Meccan (Makkī) sūrah, revealed in Mecca.
What number is Surah Ash-Shu'araa in the Qurʾān?
Surah Ash-Shu'araa is the 26th chapter (sūrah) of the Holy Qurʾān.