Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 157 (26:157)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَٰدِمِينَ

Quran 26:157 is ayah 157 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.

26:157
فَعَقَرُوهَافَأَصْبَحُوا۟نَٰدِمِينَ١٥٧
faʿaqarūhā fa-aṣbaḥū nādimīna

But they hamstrung her and so became regretful.(157)

Word by word

  1. فَعَقَرُوهَاfaʿaqarūhāBut they hamstrung her
  2. فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūthen they became
  3. نَٰدِمِينَnādimīnaregretful

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