Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 166 (26:166)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ

Quran 26:166 is ayah 166 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 374 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:166
وَتَذَرُونَمَاخَلَقَلَكُمْرَبُّكُممِّنْأَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚبَلْأَنتُمْقَوْمٌعَادُونَ١٦٦
watadharūna mā khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwājikum bal antum qawmun ʿādūna

And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing."(166)

Word by word

  1. وَتَذَرُونَwatadharūnaAnd you leave
  2. مَاmāwhat
  3. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
  4. لَكُمْlakumfor you
  5. رَبُّكُمrabbukumyour Lord
  6. مِّنْminof
  7. أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚazwājikumyour mates
  8. بَلْbalNay
  9. أَنتُمْantumyou
  10. قَوْمٌqawmun(are) a people
  11. عَادُونَʿādūnatransgressing

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