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26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara

The Poets

Read and listen to the full Surah Ash-Shu'ara (Chapter 26), consisting of 227 verses. Revealed in Mecca (Juz 19), it includes complete Arabic text with diacritics, translations, tafsirs, word-by-word meaning, and audio by Maher Al-Muaiqly, Abdul Basit and other reciters.

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In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
26:183
ولا تبخسوا الناس اشياءهم ولا تعثوا في الارض مفسدين ١٨٣
وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ١٨٣
وَلَا
تَبۡخَسُواْ
ٱلنَّاسَ
أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ
وَلَا
تَعۡثَوۡاْ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
مُفۡسِدِينَ
١٨٣
and do not defraud people of their property. Nor go about spreading corruption in the land.
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26:184
واتقوا الذي خلقكم والجبلة الاولين ١٨٤
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٨٤
وَٱتَّقُواْ
ٱلَّذِي
خَلَقَكُمۡ
وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ
ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
١٨٤
And fear the One Who created you and ˹all˺ earlier peoples.”
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26:185
قالوا انما انت من المسحرين ١٨٥
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٨٥
قَالُوٓاْ
إِنَّمَآ
أَنتَ
مِنَ
ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ
١٨٥
They replied, “You are simply bewitched!
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26:186
وما انت الا بشر مثلنا وان نظنك لمن الكاذبين ١٨٦
وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ ١٨٦
وَمَآ
أَنتَ
إِلَّا
بَشَرٞ
مِّثۡلُنَا
وَإِن
نَّظُنُّكَ
لَمِنَ
ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ
١٨٦
Also, you are only a human being like us, and we think you are indeed a liar.
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26:187
فاسقط علينا كسفا من السماء ان كنت من الصادقين ١٨٧
فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ١٨٧
فَأَسۡقِطۡ
عَلَيۡنَا
كِسَفٗا
مِّنَ
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
إِن
كُنتَ
مِنَ
ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
١٨٧
So cause ˹deadly˺ pieces of the sky to fall upon us, if what you say is true.”
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26:188
قال ربي اعلم بما تعملون ١٨٨
قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ١٨٨
قَالَ
رَبِّيٓ
أَعۡلَمُ
بِمَا
تَعۡمَلُونَ
١٨٨
Shu’aib responded, “My Lord knows best whatever you do.”
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26:189
فكذبوه فاخذهم عذاب يوم الظلة انه كان عذاب يوم عظيم ١٨٩
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٨٩
فَكَذَّبُوهُ
فَأَخَذَهُمۡ
عَذَابُ
يَوۡمِ
ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
كَانَ
عَذَابَ
يَوۡمٍ
عَظِيمٍ
١٨٩
So they rejected him, and ˹so˺ were overtaken by the torment of the day of the ˹deadly˺ cloud.1 That was really a torment of a tremendous day.
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26:190
ان في ذالك لاية وما كان اكثرهم مومنين ١٩٠
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٩٠
إِنَّ
فِي
ذَٰلِكَ
لَأٓيَةٗۖ
وَمَا
كَانَ
أَكۡثَرُهُم
مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
١٩٠
Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.
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26:191
وان ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم ١٩١
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٩١
وَإِنَّ
رَبَّكَ
لَهُوَ
ٱلۡعَزِيزُ
ٱلرَّحِيمُ
١٩١
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.
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26:192
وانه لتنزيل رب العالمين ١٩٢
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ١٩٢
وَإِنَّهُۥ
لَتَنزِيلُ
رَبِّ
ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
١٩٢
This is certainly a revelation from the Lord of all worlds,
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