Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 5 (26:5)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ

Quran 26:5 is ayah 5 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 367 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:5
وَمَايَأْتِيهِممِّنذِكْرٍمِّنَٱلرَّحْمَٰنِمُحْدَثٍإِلَّاكَانُوا۟عَنْهُمُعْرِضِينَ٥
wamā yatīhim min dhik'rin mina l-raḥmāni muḥ'dathin illā kānū ʿanhu muʿ'riḍīna

And no mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it.(5)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd (does) not
  2. يَأْتِيهِمyatīhimcome to them
  3. مِّنminany
  4. ذِكْرٍdhik'rinreminder
  5. مِّنَminafrom
  6. ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
  7. مُحْدَثٍmuḥ'dathinnew
  8. إِلَّاillābut
  9. كَانُوا۟kānūthey
  10. عَنْهُʿanhufrom it
  11. مُعْرِضِينَmuʿ'riḍīnaturn away

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