Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 61 (26:61)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ

Quran 26:61 is ayah 61 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 370 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:61
فَلَمَّاتَرَٰٓءَاٱلْجَمْعَانِقَالَأَصْحَٰبُمُوسَىٰٓإِنَّالَمُدْرَكُونَ٦١
falammā tarāā l-jamʿāni qāla aṣḥābu mūsā innā lamud'rakūna

And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken!"(61)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
  2. تَرَٰٓءَاtarāāsaw each other
  3. ٱلْجَمْعَانِl-jamʿānithe two hosts
  4. قَالَqālasaid
  5. أَصْحَٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions
  6. مُوسَىٰٓmūsā(of) Musa
  7. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
  8. لَمُدْرَكُونَlamud'rakūna(are) surely to be overtaken

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