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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
26:14
ولهم علي ذنب فاخاف ان يقتلون ١٤
وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌۭ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ ١٤
وَلَهُمۡ
عَلَيَّ
ذَنۢبٞ
فَأَخَافُ
أَن
يَقۡتُلُونِ
١٤
Also, they have a charge against me,1 so I fear they may kill me.”
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26:15
قال كلا فاذهبا باياتنا انا معكم مستمعون ١٥
قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ ١٥
قَالَ
كـَلَّاۖ
فَٱذۡهَبَا
بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآۖ
إِنَّا
مَعَكُم
مُّسۡتَمِعُونَ
١٥
Allah responded, “Certainly not! So go, both of you, with Our signs. We will be with you, listening.
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26:16
فاتيا فرعون فقولا انا رسول رب العالمين ١٦
فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ١٦
فَأۡتِيَا
فِرۡعَوۡنَ
فَقُولَآ
إِنَّا
رَسُولُ
رَبِّ
ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
١٦
Go to Pharaoh and say, ‘We are messengers from the Lord of all worlds,
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26:17
ان ارسل معنا بني اسراييل ١٧
أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٧
أَنۡ
أَرۡسِلۡ
مَعَنَا
بَنِيٓ
إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ
١٧
˹commanded to say:˺ ‘Let the Children of Israel go with us.’’”
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26:18
قال الم نربك فينا وليدا ولبثت فينا من عمرك سنين ١٨
قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًۭا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ ١٨
قَالَ
أَلَمۡ
نُرَبِّكَ
فِينَا
وَلِيدٗا
وَلَبِثۡتَ
فِينَا
مِنۡ
عُمُرِكَ
سِنِينَ
١٨
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
وفعلت فعلتك التي فعلت وانت من الكافرين ١٩
وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ١٩
وَفَعَلۡتَ
فَعۡلَتَكَ
ٱلَّتِي
فَعَلۡتَ
وَأَنتَ
مِنَ
ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
١٩
Then you did what you did,1 being ˹utterly˺ ungrateful!”
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26:20
قال فعلتها اذا وانا من الضالين ٢٠
قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًۭا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٢٠
قَالَ
فَعَلۡتُهَآ
إِذٗا
وَأَنَا۠
مِنَ
ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
٢٠
Moses replied, “I did it then, lacking guidance.
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26:21
ففررت منكم لما خفتكم فوهب لي ربي حكما وجعلني من المرسلين ٢١
فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًۭا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ٢١
فَفَرَرۡتُ
مِنكُمۡ
لَمَّا
خِفۡتُكُمۡ
فَوَهَبَ
لِي
رَبِّي
حُكۡمٗا
وَجَعَلَنِي
مِنَ
ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
٢١
So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me wisdom and made me one of the messengers.
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26:22
وتلك نعمة تمنها علي ان عبدت بني اسراييل ٢٢
وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌۭ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٢٢
وَتِلۡكَ
نِعۡمَةٞ
تَمُنُّهَا
عَلَيَّ
أَنۡ
عَبَّدتَّ
بَنِيٓ
إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ
٢٢
How can that be a ‘favour,’ of which you remind me, when ˹it was only because˺ you ˹have˺ enslaved the Children of Israel?”
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26:23
قال فرعون وما رب العالمين ٢٣
قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٢٣
قَالَ
فِرۡعَوۡنُ
وَمَا
رَبُّ
ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
٢٣
Pharaoh asked, “And what is ‘the Lord of all worlds’?”
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