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Surah Ash-Shu’ara, Verse 6

سورة الشعراء، الآية ٦

26:6 Juz 19 Hizb 37 Page 367 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 26:6

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ۝٦

Transliteration

faqad kadhabū fasayatīhim anbāu mā kānū bihi yastahziūna

Translation

For they have already denied, but there will come to them the news of that which they used to ridicule.

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Verse 6 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:6), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 367 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 6

Al-Mukhtasar

They have denied what their Messenger brought to them, but the confirmation of the information that they used to mock at will soon come to them and the punishment will fall upon them.

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Other translations of verse 6

They have rejected [the Truth], soon there will come to them the consequences of their ridicule.

So they have indeed denied (the truth - this Qur’ân), then the news of what they mocked at will come to them.

Now they have denied (the Truth); but there will come unto them tidings of that whereat they used to scoff.

They have indeed rejected (the Message): so they will know soon (enough) the truth of what they mocked at!

So they have indeed rejected (the truth), therefore the news of that which they mock shall soon come to them.

Then they have readily cried lies; so the tidings will soon come up to them of what they used to mock at.

Verse 6 word by word

  1. فَقَدْ faqad So verily
  2. كَذَّبُوا۟ kadhabū they have denied ك ذ ب
  3. فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ fasayatīhim then will come to them أ ت ي
  4. أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ anbāu the news ن ب أ
  5. مَا mā (of) what
  6. كَانُوا۟ kānū they used ك و ن
  7. بِهِۦ bihi at it
  8. يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ yastahziūna (to) mock ه ز أ

Verses related to verse 6

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:227

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ

    Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allāh often and defend [the Muslims] after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Al-An’am 6:5

    فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    For they had denied the truth when it came to them, but there is going to reach them the news of what they used to ridicule.

  • Al-An’am 6:10

    وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by that which they used to ridicule.

  • Hud 11:8

    وَلَئِنْ أَخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ مَّعْدُودَةٍ لَّيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحْبِسُهُۥٓ أَلَا يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمْ لَيْسَ مَصْرُوفًا عَنْهُمْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And if We hold back from them the punishment for a limited time, they will surely say, "What detains it?" Unquestionably, on the Day it comes to them, it will not be averted from them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

  • An-Nahl 16:34

    فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

  • Al-Anbya 21:41

    وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

  • Az-Zumar 39:48

    وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And there will appear to them the evils they had earned, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

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