Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 26 (6:26)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَهُمْ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَيَنَْٔوْنَ عَنْهُ ۖ وَإِن يُهْلِكُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Quran 6:26 is ayah 26 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 130 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:26
وَهُمْيَنْهَوْنَعَنْهُوَيَنَْٔوْنَعَنْهُ ۖوَإِنيُهْلِكُونَإِلَّآأَنفُسَهُمْوَمَايَشْعُرُونَ٢٦
wahum yanhawna ʿanhu wayanawna ʿanhu wa-in yuh'likūna illā anfusahum wamā yashʿurūna

And they prevent [others] from him and are [themselves] remote from him. And they do not destroy except themselves, but they perceive [it] not.(26)

Word by word

  1. وَهُمْwahumAnd they
  2. يَنْهَوْنَyanhawnaforbid (others)
  3. عَنْهُʿanhufrom it
  4. وَيَنَْٔوْنَwayanawnaand they keep away
  5. عَنْهُ ۖʿanhufrom it
  6. وَإِنwa-inAnd not
  7. يُهْلِكُونَyuh'likūnathey destroy
  8. إِلَّآillāexcept
  9. أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
  10. وَمَاwamāand not
  11. يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceive

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