Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 97 (26:97)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Quran 26:97 is ayah 97 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 371 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:97
تَٱللَّهِإِنكُنَّالَفِىضَلَٰلٍمُّبِينٍ٩٧
tal-lahi in kunnā lafī ḍalālin mubīnin

"By Allāh, we were indeed in manifest error(97)

Word by word

  1. تَٱللَّهِtal-lahiBy Allah
  2. إِنinindeed
  3. كُنَّاkunnāwe were
  4. لَفِىlafīsurely in
  5. ضَلَٰلٍḍalālinerror
  6. مُّبِينٍmubīninclear

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