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Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 21 (26:21)

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فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Quran 26:21 is ayah 21 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 368 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:21
فَفَرَرْتُمِنكُمْلَمَّاخِفْتُكُمْفَوَهَبَلِىرَبِّىحُكْمًاوَجَعَلَنِىمِنَٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ٢١
fafarartu minkum lammā khif'tukum fawahaba lī rabbī ḥuk'man wajaʿalanī mina l-mur'salīna

So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me judgement [i.e., wisdom and prophet hood] and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.(21)

Word by word

  1. فَفَرَرْتُfafarartuSo I fled
  2. مِنكُمْminkumfrom you
  3. لَمَّاlammāwhen
  4. خِفْتُكُمْkhif'tukumI feared you
  5. فَوَهَبَfawahabaBut granted
  6. لِىlīto me
  7. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
  8. حُكْمًاḥuk'manjudgment
  9. وَجَعَلَنِىwajaʿalanīand made me
  10. مِنَminaof
  11. ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe Messengers

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