Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 70 (26:70)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

Quran 26:70 is ayah 70 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 370 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:70
إِذْقَالَلِأَبِيهِوَقَوْمِهِۦمَاتَعْبُدُونَ٧٠
idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā taʿbudūna

When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?"(70)

Word by word

  1. إِذْidhWhen
  2. قَالَqālahe said
  3. لِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father
  4. وَقَوْمِهِۦwaqawmihiand his people
  5. مَاmāWhat
  6. تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūna(do) you worship

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