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Surah Ash-Shu’ara, Verse 211

سورة الشعراء، الآية ٢١١

26:211 Juz 19 Hizb 38 Page 376 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 26:211

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ۝٢١١

Transliteration

wamā yanbaghī lahum wamā yastaṭīʿūna

Translation

It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able.

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Verse 211 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:211), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 376 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 211

Al-Mukhtasar

it is permissible that they come down with it onto his heart. They are not even capable of doing that.

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Other translations of verse 211

it is not for them to do this, nor is it within their capability,

Neither would it suit them, nor they can (produce it).

It is not meet for them, nor is it in their power,

It would neither suit them nor would they be able (to produce it).

And it behoves them not, and they have not the power to do (it).

And in no way does it behoove them, And in no way are they able to do (that).

Verse 211 word by word

  1. وَمَا wamā And not
  2. يَنۢبَغِى yanbaghī (it) suits ب غ ي
  3. لَهُمْ lahum [for] them
  4. وَمَا wamā and not
  5. يَسْتَطِيعُونَ yastaṭīʿūna they are able ط و ع

Verses related to verse 211

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Hashr 59:21

    لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٍ لَّرَأَيْتَهُۥ خَٰشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

    If We had sent down this Qur’ān upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and splitting from fear of Allāh. And these examples We present to the people that perhaps they will give thought.

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