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Surah Ash-Shu’ara, Verse 140

سورة الشعراء، الآية ١٤٠

26:140 Juz 19 Hizb 38 Page 373 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 26:140

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝١٤٠

Transliteration

wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

Translation

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

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Verse 140 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:140), 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 140

Al-Mukhtasar

191. O Messenger! Indeed, your Lord is the almighty who takes retribution from His enemies, yet merciful to those of them who repent.

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Other translations of verse 140

Your Lord is indeed the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful.

And verily your Lord, He is indeed the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful.

And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

And surely your Lord, He is indeed The Ever-Mighty, The Ever-Merciful.

Verse 140 word by word

  1. وَإِنَّ wa-inna And indeed
  2. رَبَّكَ rabbaka your Lord ر ب ب
  3. لَهُوَ lahuwa surely, He
  4. ٱلْعَزِيزُ l-ʿazīzu (is) the All-Mighty ع ز ز
  5. ٱلرَّحِيمُ l-raḥīmu the Most Merciful ر ح م

Verses related to verse 140

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Haqqah 69:6–7

    وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ …

    And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind …

  • Al-Fajr 89:6–8

    أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ …

    Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad - …

  • An-Najm 53:50

    وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ

    And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad

  • Fussilat 41:15

    فَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَقَالُوا۟ مَنْ أَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُمْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَكَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ

    As for ʿAad, they were arrogant upon the earth without right and said, "Who is greater than us in strength?" Did they not consider that Allāh who created them was greater than them in strength? But they were rejecting Our signs.

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:25

    تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۭ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ لَا يُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَسَٰكِنُهُمْ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    Destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.

  • Nuh 71:4

    يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    He [i.e., Allāh] will forgive you of your sins and delay you for a specified term. Indeed, the time [set by] Allāh, when it comes, will not be delayed, if you only knew."

Verses with similar wording

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  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:9

    وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:68

    وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:104

    وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:122

    وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:159

    وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:175

    وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

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