Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 156 (26:156)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Quran 26:156 is ayah 156 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.

26:156
وَلَاتَمَسُّوهَابِسُوٓءٍفَيَأْخُذَكُمْعَذَابُيَوْمٍعَظِيمٍ١٥٦
walā tamassūhā bisūin fayakhudhakum ʿadhābu yawmin ʿaẓīmin

And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day."(156)

Word by word

  1. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
  2. تَمَسُّوهَاtamassūhātouch her
  3. بِسُوٓءٍbisūinwith harm
  4. فَيَأْخُذَكُمْfayakhudhakumlest seize you
  5. عَذَابُʿadhābu(the) punishment
  6. يَوْمٍyawmin(of) a Day
  7. عَظِيمٍʿaẓīminGreat

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