Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 36 (26:36)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ

Quran 26:36 is ayah 36 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.

26:36
قَالُوٓا۟أَرْجِهْوَأَخَاهُوَٱبْعَثْفِىٱلْمَدَآئِنِحَٰشِرِينَ٣٦
qālū arjih wa-akhāhu wa-ib'ʿath fī l-madāini ḥāshirīna

They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers(36)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
  2. أَرْجِهْarjihPostpone him
  3. وَأَخَاهُwa-akhāhuand his brother
  4. وَٱبْعَثْwa-ib'ʿathand send
  5. فِىfīin
  6. ٱلْمَدَآئِنِl-madāinithe cities
  7. حَٰشِرِينَḥāshirīnagatherers

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