Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 71 (26:71)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ

Quran 26:71 is ayah 71 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.

26:71
قَالُوا۟نَعْبُدُأَصْنَامًافَنَظَلُّلَهَاعَٰكِفِينَ٧١
qālū naʿbudu aṣnāman fanaẓallu lahā ʿākifīna

They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted."(71)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  2. نَعْبُدُnaʿbuduWe worship
  3. أَصْنَامًاaṣnāmanidols
  4. فَنَظَلُّfanaẓalluso we will remain
  5. لَهَاlahāto them
  6. عَٰكِفِينَʿākifīnadevoted

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