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Surah Ya-Sin, Ayah 69 (36:69)

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وَمَا عَلَّمْنَٰهُ ٱلشِّعْرَ وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ وَقُرْءَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

Quran 36:69 is ayah 69 of Surah Ya-Sin (“Ya Sin”), a Meccan surah of 83 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 444 of the Madani Mushaf.

36:69
وَمَاعَلَّمْنَٰهُٱلشِّعْرَوَمَايَنۢبَغِىلَهُۥٓ ۚإِنْهُوَإِلَّاذِكْرٌوَقُرْءَانٌمُّبِينٌ٦٩
wamā ʿallamnāhu l-shiʿ'ra wamā yanbaghī lahu in huwa illā dhik'run waqur'ānun mubīnun

And We did not give him [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] knowledge of poetry, nor is it befitting for him. It is not but a message and a clear Qur’ān(69)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  2. عَلَّمْنَٰهُʿallamnāhuWe taught him
  3. ٱلشِّعْرَl-shiʿ'ra[the] poetry
  4. وَمَاwamāand not
  5. يَنۢبَغِىyanbaghīit is befitting
  6. لَهُۥٓ ۚlahufor him
  7. إِنْinNot
  8. هُوَhuwait
  9. إِلَّاillā(is) except
  10. ذِكْرٌdhik'runa Reminder
  11. وَقُرْءَانٌwaqur'ānunand a Quran
  12. مُّبِينٌmubīnunclear

Tafsir (commentary) of 36:69

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