سورة الشعراء، الآية ١٧١
إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ ١٧١
illā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīna
Except an old woman1058 among those who remained behind.
[1058] Lot's wife, who had collaborated with the evildoers.
Verse 171 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:171), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 374 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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Except for his wife because she was a disbeliever, so she ended up being one of those who perished and were destroyed.
except an old woman who was among those who remained behind21.
[21] Lot's wife, who betrayed him by not believing and remained a disbeliever; thus, she was among those destroyed.
Except an old woman (his wife) among those who remained behind.
Save an old woman among those who stayed behind.
Except an old woman who lingered behind.
Except an old woman, among those who remained behind.
Except an old woman among the laggards.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ
Except an old woman [i.e., his wife] among those who remained [with the evildoers].
