Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 128 (26:128)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ

Quran 26:128 is ayah 128 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 372 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:128
أَتَبْنُونَبِكُلِّرِيعٍءَايَةًتَعْبَثُونَ١٢٨
atabnūna bikulli rīʿin āyatan taʿbathūna

Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,(128)

Word by word

  1. أَتَبْنُونَatabnūnaDo you construct
  2. بِكُلِّbikullion every
  3. رِيعٍrīʿinelevation
  4. ءَايَةًāyatana sign
  5. تَعْبَثُونَtaʿbathūnaamusing yourselves

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