Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 208 (26:208)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

Quran 26:208 is ayah 208 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 376 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:208
وَمَآأَهْلَكْنَامِنقَرْيَةٍإِلَّالَهَامُنذِرُونَ٢٠٨
wamā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā lahā mundhirūna

And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners(208)

Word by word

  1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
  2. أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe destroyed
  3. مِنminany
  4. قَرْيَةٍqaryatintown
  5. إِلَّاillābut
  6. لَهَاlahāit had
  7. مُنذِرُونَmundhirūnawarners

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