Text of verse 26:138
وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ١٣٨
Transliteration
wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīna
Translation
And we are not to be punished."
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah Ash-Shu’ara, Verse 138
سورة الشعراء، الآية ١٣٨
Verse 138 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:138), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 373 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 138
Al-Mukhtasar
And we are not going to be punished.
Other translations of verse 138
and we will never be punished.”
"And we are not going to be punished."
And we shall not be doomed.
"And we are not the ones to receive Pains and Penalties!"
And we are not going to be punished.
And in no way will we be tormented."
Verse 138 word by word
- وَمَا wamā And not
- نَحْنُ naḥnu we
- بِمُعَذَّبِينَ bimuʿadhabīna (are) the ones to be punished ع ذ ب
Verses related to verse 138
Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse
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Al-Furqan 25:4–5
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفْكٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ وَأَعَانَهُۥ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ ءَاخَرُونَ فَقَدْ جَآءُو ظُلْمًا وَزُورًا …
And those who disbelieve say, "This [Qur’ān] is not except a falsehood he invented, and another people assisted him in it." But they have committed an injustice and a lie. …
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An-Nahl 16:24
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُم مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
And when it is said to them, "What has your Lord sent down?" they say, "Legends of the former peoples,"
Verses with similar wording
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
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Saba 34:35
وَقَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أَكْثَرُ أَمْوَٰلًا وَأَوْلَٰدًا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
And they said, "We are more [than the believers] in wealth and children, and we are not to be punished."
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As-Saffat 37:59
إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"