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Surah Ash-Shu’ara, Verse 121

سورة الشعراء، الآية ١٢١

26:121 Juz 19 Hizb 38 Page 372 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 26:121

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۝١٢١

Transliteration

inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

Translation

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

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Verse 121 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:121), 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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Tafsir of verse 121

Al-Mukhtasar

Indeed, in the aforementioned, i.e. the story of Noah and his people, the saving of Noah and the believers with him and the destruction of the disbelievers from his nation, is a lesson for those who take heed. Although most of them do not believe; they were rejecters.

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Other translations of verse 121

Indeed, there is a sign in this, yet most of them would not believe.

Verily, in this is indeed a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.

Surely in that is indeed a sign; and in no way were most of them believers.

Verse 121 word by word

  1. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  2. فِى fī in
  3. ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that
  4. لَـَٔايَةً laāyatan surely, (is) a sign أ ي ي
  5. وَمَا wamā but not
  6. كَانَ kāna are ك و ن
  7. أَكْثَرُهُم aktharuhum most of them ك ث ر
  8. مُّؤْمِنِينَ mu'minīna believers أ م ن

Verses related to verse 121

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Qamar 54:10–14

    فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ …

    So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help." …

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:8

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

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

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:67

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

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

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:103

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

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

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:139

    فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:158

    فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:174

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

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

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