Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 4 (26:4)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ

Quran 26:4 is ayah 4 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 367 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:4
إِننَّشَأْنُنَزِّلْعَلَيْهِممِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِءَايَةًفَظَلَّتْأَعْنَٰقُهُمْلَهَاخَٰضِعِينَ٤
in nasha nunazzil ʿalayhim mina l-samāi āyatan faẓallat aʿnāquhum lahā khāḍiʿīna

If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their necks would remain humbled.(4)

Word by word

  1. إِنinIf
  2. نَّشَأْnashaWe will
  3. نُنَزِّلْnunazzilWe can send down
  4. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimto them
  5. مِّنَminafrom
  6. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
  7. ءَايَةًāyatana Sign
  8. فَظَلَّتْfaẓallatso would bend
  9. أَعْنَٰقُهُمْaʿnāquhumtheir necks
  10. لَهَاlahāto it
  11. خَٰضِعِينَkhāḍiʿīna(in) humility

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