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Surah Ash-Shu’ara, Verse 221

سورة الشعراء، الآية ٢٢١

26:221 Juz 19 Hizb 38 Page 376 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 26:221

هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ۝٢٢١

Transliteration

hal unabbi-ukum ʿalā man tanazzalu l-shayāṭīnu

Translation

Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

Translation in another language
Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary Read in the surah

Verse 221 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:221), 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 221

Al-Mukhtasar

“Shall I inform you who the satans actually come down to, as you have claimed that they come down with the Qur’ān?”

Tafsir of the whole Surah Ash-Shu’ara

Other translations of verse 221

Shall I inform you upon who the devils descend?

Shall I inform you (O people!) upon whom the Shayâtîn (devils) descend?

Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

Shall I inform you, (O people!), on whom it is that the evil ones descend?

Shall I inform you (of him) upon whom the Shaitans descend?

Shall I (fully) inform you on whom Ash-Shayatin keep coming down?

Verse 221 word by word

  1. هَلْ hal Shall
  2. أُنَبِّئُكُمْ unabbi-ukum I inform you ن ب أ
  3. عَلَىٰ ʿalā upon
  4. مَن man whom
  5. تَنَزَّلُ tanazzalu descend ن ز ل
  6. ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ l-shayāṭīnu the devils ش ط ن

Verses related to verse 221

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Saba 34:23

    وَلَا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِمَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُۥ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُزِّعَ عَن قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

    And intercession does not benefit with Him except for one whom He permits. [And those wait] until, when terror is removed from their hearts, they will say [to one another], "What has your Lord said?" They will say, "The truth." And He is the Most High, the Grand.

  • Ghafir 40:1–3

    حمٓ …

    Ḥā, Meem. …

  • Ya-Sin 36:69

    وَمَا عَلَّمْنَٰهُ ٱلشِّعْرَ وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُۥٓ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ وَقُرْءَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

    And We did not give him [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] knowledge of poetry, nor is it befitting for him. It is not but a message and a clear Qur’ān

  • Al-Haqqah 69:40–43

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ …

    [That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the word of a noble Messenger. …

  • Ghafir 40:52

    يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ وَلَهُمُ ٱللَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلدَّارِ

    The Day their excuse will not benefit the wrongdoers, and they will have the curse, and they will have the worst home [i.e., Hell].

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