Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 22 (26:22)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

Quran 26:22 is ayah 22 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.

26:22
وَتِلْكَنِعْمَةٌتَمُنُّهَاعَلَىَّأَنْعَبَّدتَّبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ٢٢
watil'ka niʿ'matun tamunnuhā ʿalayya an ʿabbadtta banī is'rāīla

And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"(22)

Word by word

  1. وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd this
  2. نِعْمَةٌniʿ'matun(is the) favor
  3. تَمُنُّهَاtamunnuhāwith which you reproach
  4. عَلَىَّʿalayya[on] me
  5. أَنْanthat
  6. عَبَّدتَّʿabbadttayou have enslaved
  7. بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children of Israel
  8. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(the) Children of Israel

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