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Surah Ash-Shu’ara, Verse 158

سورة الشعراء، الآية ١٥٨

26:158 Juz 19 Hizb 38 Page 373 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 26:158

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۝١٥٨

Transliteration

fa-akhadhahumu l-ʿadhābu inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

Translation

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

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Verse 158 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:158), 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 158

Al-Mukhtasar

So the punishment that they were promised seized them: it was an earthquake accompanied by a scream. Indeed, in the aforementioned, i.e. the story of Saleh and his people, 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 158

So the punishment seized them19. Indeed, there is a sign in this, yet most of them would not believe.

Notes

[19] They were destroyed by a violent earthquake and a blast after Sālih told them: “You have only three days to enjoy yourselves in your houses”. See 11:65. Allah says: “We sent against them a single blast, leaving them like trampled hedge-building twigs”. See 54:31.

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

So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

But the Penalty seized them. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

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

Then the torment took them (away). Surely in that is indeed a sign, and in no way were most of them believers.

Verse 158 word by word

  1. فَأَخَذَهُمُ fa-akhadhahumu So seized them أ خ ذ
  2. ٱلْعَذَابُ l-ʿadhābu the punishment ع ذ ب
  3. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  4. فِى fī in
  5. ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that
  6. لَـَٔايَةً laāyatan surely is a sign أ ي ي
  7. وَمَا wamā but not
  8. كَانَ kāna are ك و ن
  9. أَكْثَرُهُم aktharuhum most of them ك ث ر
  10. مُّؤْمِنِينَ mu'minīna believers أ م ن

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  • 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 26:121

    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 26:174

    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 26:190

    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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