Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 16 (26:16)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Quran 26:16 is ayah 16 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 367 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:16
فَأْتِيَافِرْعَوْنَفَقُولَآإِنَّارَسُولُرَبِّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ١٦
fatiyā fir'ʿawna faqūlā innā rasūlu rabbi l-ʿālamīna

Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers of the Lord of the worlds,(16)

Word by word

  1. فَأْتِيَاfatiyāSo go both of you
  2. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(to) Firaun
  3. فَقُولَآfaqūlāand say
  4. إِنَّاinnā'Indeed, we
  5. رَسُولُrasūlu(are the) Messenger
  6. رَبِّrabbi(of the) Lord
  7. ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

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