Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 88 (26:88)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ

Quran 26:88 is ayah 88 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 371 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:88
يَوْمَلَايَنفَعُمَالٌوَلَابَنُونَ٨٨
yawma lā yanfaʿu mālun walā banūna

The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children(88)

Word by word

  1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
  2. لَاlānot
  3. يَنفَعُyanfaʿuwill benefit
  4. مَالٌmālunwealth
  5. وَلَاwalāand not
  6. بَنُونَbanūnasons

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