Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 28 (26:28)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Quran 26:28 is ayah 28 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.

26:28
قَالَرَبُّٱلْمَشْرِقِوَٱلْمَغْرِبِوَمَابَيْنَهُمَآ ۖإِنكُنتُمْتَعْقِلُونَ٢٨
qāla rabbu l-mashriqi wal-maghribi wamā baynahumā in kuntum taʿqilūna

[Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason."(28)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. رَبُّrabbuLord
  3. ٱلْمَشْرِقِl-mashriqi(of) the east
  4. وَٱلْمَغْرِبِwal-maghribiand the west
  5. وَمَاwamāand whatever
  6. بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖbaynahumā(is) between them
  7. إِنinif
  8. كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
  9. تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna(to) reason

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