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Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 18 (26:18)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

Quran 26:18 is ayah 18 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.

26:18
قَالَأَلَمْنُرَبِّكَفِينَاوَلِيدًاوَلَبِثْتَفِينَامِنْعُمُرِكَسِنِينَ١٨
qāla alam nurabbika fīnā walīdan walabith'ta fīnā min ʿumurika sinīna

[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?(18)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. أَلَمْalamDid not
  3. نُرَبِّكَnurabbikawe bring you up
  4. فِينَاfīnāamong us
  5. وَلِيدًاwalīdan(as) a child
  6. وَلَبِثْتَwalabith'taand you remained
  7. فِينَاfīnāamong us
  8. مِنْminof
  9. عُمُرِكَʿumurikayour life
  10. سِنِينَsinīnayears

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