Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 20 (26:20)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

Quran 26:20 is ayah 20 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 368 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:20
قَالَفَعَلْتُهَآإِذًاوَأَنَا۠مِنَٱلضَّآلِّينَ٢٠
qāla faʿaltuhā idhan wa-anā mina l-ḍālīna

[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray [i.e., ignorant].(20)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. فَعَلْتُهَآfaʿaltuhāI did it
  3. إِذًاidhanwhen
  4. وَأَنَا۠wa-anāI
  5. مِنَmina(was) of
  6. ٱلضَّآلِّينَl-ḍālīnathose who are astray

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