Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 197 (26:197)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

Quran 26:197 is ayah 197 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 375 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:197
أَوَلَمْيَكُنلَّهُمْءَايَةًأَنيَعْلَمَهُۥعُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟بَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ١٩٧
awalam yakun lahum āyatan an yaʿlamahu ʿulamāu banī is'rāīla

And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?(197)

Word by word

  1. أَوَلَمْawalamIs it not
  2. يَكُنyakunIs it not
  3. لَّهُمْlahumto them
  4. ءَايَةًāyatana sign
  5. أَنanthat
  6. يَعْلَمَهُۥyaʿlamahuknow it
  7. عُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ʿulamāu(the) scholars
  8. بَنِىٓbanī(of the) Children
  9. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel

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