Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 34 (26:34)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

Quran 26:34 is ayah 34 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.

26:34
قَالَلِلْمَلَإِحَوْلَهُۥٓإِنَّهَٰذَالَسَٰحِرٌعَلِيمٌ٣٤
qāla lil'mala-i ḥawlahu inna hādhā lasāḥirun ʿalīmun

[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.(34)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. لِلْمَلَإِlil'mala-ito the chiefs
  3. حَوْلَهُۥٓḥawlahuaround him
  4. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  5. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  6. لَسَٰحِرٌlasāḥirun(is) surely a magician
  7. عَلِيمٌʿalīmunlearned

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