Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 139 (26:139)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لََٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Quran 26:139 is ayah 139 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 373 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:139
فَكَذَّبُوهُفَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ ۗإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلََٔايَةً ۖوَمَاكَانَأَكْثَرُهُممُّؤْمِنِينَ١٣٩
fakadhabūhu fa-ahlaknāhum inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna

And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.(139)

Word by word

  1. فَكَذَّبُوهُfakadhabūhuSo they denied him
  2. فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ ۗfa-ahlaknāhumthen We destroyed them
  3. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  4. فِىfīin
  5. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  6. لََٔايَةً ۖlaāyatansurely, is a sign
  7. وَمَاwamābut not
  8. كَانَkānaare
  9. أَكْثَرُهُمaktharuhummost of them
  10. مُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers

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