Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 189 (26:189)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Quran 26:189 is ayah 189 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.

26:189
فَكَذَّبُوهُفَأَخَذَهُمْعَذَابُيَوْمِٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚإِنَّهُۥكَانَعَذَابَيَوْمٍعَظِيمٍ١٨٩
fakadhabūhu fa-akhadhahum ʿadhābu yawmi l-ẓulati innahu kāna ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin

And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.(189)

Word by word

  1. فَكَذَّبُوهُfakadhabūhuBut they denied him
  2. فَأَخَذَهُمْfa-akhadhahumso seized them
  3. عَذَابُʿadhābu(the) punishment
  4. يَوْمِyawmi(of the) day
  5. ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚl-ẓulati(of) the shadow
  6. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
  7. كَانَkānawas
  8. عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
  9. يَوْمٍyawmin(of) a Day
  10. عَظِيمٍʿaẓīminGreat

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