Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 158 (26:158)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لََٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Quran 26:158 is ayah 158 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 373 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:158
فَأَخَذَهُمُٱلْعَذَابُ ۗإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلََٔايَةً ۖوَمَاكَانَأَكْثَرُهُممُّؤْمِنِينَ١٥٨
fa-akhadhahumu l-ʿadhābu inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.(158)

Word by word

  1. فَأَخَذَهُمُfa-akhadhahumuSo seized them
  2. ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
  3. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  4. فِىfīin
  5. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  6. لََٔايَةً ۖlaāyatansurely is a sign
  7. وَمَاwamābut not
  8. كَانَkānaare
  9. أَكْثَرُهُمaktharuhummost of them
  10. مُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers

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