Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 41 (26:41)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ …

Quran 26:41 is ayah 41 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 369 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:41
فَلَمَّاجَآءَٱلسَّحَرَةُقَالُوا۟لِفِرْعَوْنَأَئِنَّلَنَالَأَجْرًاإِنكُنَّانَحْنُٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ٤١
falammā jāa l-saḥaratu qālū lifir'ʿawna a-inna lanā la-ajran in kunnā naḥnu l-ghālibīna

And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, "Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant?"(41)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
  2. جَآءَjāacame
  3. ٱلسَّحَرَةُl-saḥaratuthe magicians
  4. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
  5. لِفِرْعَوْنَlifir'ʿawnato Firaun
  6. أَئِنَّa-innaIs there
  7. لَنَاlanāfor us
  8. لَأَجْرًاla-ajrana reward
  9. إِنinif
  10. كُنَّاkunnāwe are
  11. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe are
  12. ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَl-ghālibīnathe victorious

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