Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 8 (26:8)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لََٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Quran 26:8 is ayah 8 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.

26:8
إِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلََٔايَةً ۖوَمَاكَانَأَكْثَرُهُممُّؤْمِنِينَ٨
inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.(8)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. فِىfīin
  3. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  4. لََٔايَةً ۖlaāyatansurely (is) a sign
  5. وَمَاwamābut not
  6. كَانَkānaare
  7. أَكْثَرُهُمaktharuhummost of them
  8. مُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers

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