Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 211 (26:211)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

Quran 26:211 is ayah 211 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 376 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:211
وَمَايَنۢبَغِىلَهُمْوَمَايَسْتَطِيعُونَ٢١١
wamā yanbaghī lahum wamā yastaṭīʿūna

It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able.(211)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  2. يَنۢبَغِىyanbaghī(it) suits
  3. لَهُمْlahum[for] them
  4. وَمَاwamāand not
  5. يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are able

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