Text of verse 26:114
وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١١٤
Transliteration
wamā anā biṭāridi l-mu'minīna
Translation
And I am not one to drive away the believers.
سورة الشعراء، الآية ١١٤
وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١١٤
wamā anā biṭāridi l-mu'minīna
And I am not one to drive away the believers.
Verse 114 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:114), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 372 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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“I am not going to push away these believers from my gathering in acceptance of your wished, just so that you believe.”
I am not going to drive the believers away.
"And I am not going to drive away the believers.
And I am not (here) to repulse believers.
"I am not one to drive away those who believe.
And I am not going to drive away the believers;
And in no way would I drive away the believers.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَيَٰقَوْمِ لَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مَالًا إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّهُم مُّلَٰقُوا۟ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًا تَجْهَلُونَ
And O my people, I ask not of you for it any wealth. My reward is not but from Allāh. And I am not one to drive away those who have believed. Indeed, they will meet their Lord, but I see that you are a people behaving ignorantly.