Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 186 (26:186)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

Quran 26:186 is ayah 186 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 375 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:186
وَمَآأَنتَإِلَّابَشَرٌمِّثْلُنَاوَإِننَّظُنُّكَلَمِنَٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ١٨٦
wamā anta illā basharun mith'lunā wa-in naẓunnuka lamina l-kādhibīna

You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars.(186)

Word by word

  1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
  2. أَنتَantayou
  3. إِلَّاillā(are) except
  4. بَشَرٌbasharuna man
  5. مِّثْلُنَاmith'lunālike us
  6. وَإِنwa-inand indeed
  7. نَّظُنُّكَnaẓunnukawe think you
  8. لَمِنَlaminasurely (are) of
  9. ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars

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