Skip to content
28 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH · Sunday, 8 November 2026 Dallas, TX · next Fajr at 16:41 EnglishالعربيةТоҷикӣ
Sign in Join free

Ash-Shu'ara · 26

HomeQuran
The Noble Quran

Read, listen and understand

The Uthmani text with translation, study notes and ayah-by-ayah recitation – your place is remembered on every device.

سورة الشعراء

Ash-Shu'ara · The Poets

227 ayahs Madani Pages 367–376 Juz 19
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
Ayahs 1 – 120
121
Now playing ·
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٢١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

122
Now playing ·
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٢٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

123
Now playing ·
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿١٢٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(The tribe of) A'ad denied the messengers (of Allah).

124
Now playing ·
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٢٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

125
Now playing ·
إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ﴿١٢٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

126
Now playing ·
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٢٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

127
Now playing ·
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٢٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

128
Now playing ·
أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ ﴿١٢٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBuild ye on every high place a monument for vain delight?

129
Now playing ·
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ ﴿١٢٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever?

130
Now playing ·
وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ ﴿١٣٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants?

131
Now playing ·
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٣١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallRather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

132
Now playing ·
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٣٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallKeep your duty toward Him Who hath aided you with (the good things) that ye know,

133
Now playing ·
أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَـٰمٍ وَبَنِينَ ﴿١٣٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHath aided you with cattle and sons.

134
Now playing ·
وَجَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿١٣٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd gardens and watersprings.

135
Now playing ·
إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ﴿١٣٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day.

136
Now playing ·
قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ ﴿١٣٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach;

137
Now playing ·
إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٣٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis is but a fable of the men of old,

138
Now playing ·
وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ﴿١٣٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd we shall not be doomed.

139
Now playing ·
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٣٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

140
Now playing ·
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٤٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

141
Now playing ·
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿١٤١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah)

142
Now playing ·
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَـٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٤٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

143
Now playing ·
إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ﴿١٤٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

144
Now playing ·
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٤٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

145
Now playing ·
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٤٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

146
Now playing ·
أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَـٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ ﴿١٤٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWill ye be left secure in that which is here before us,

147
Now playing ·
فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿١٤٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIn gardens and watersprings.

148
Now playing ·
وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ ﴿١٤٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees,

149
Now playing ·
وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَـٰرِهِينَ ﴿١٤٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThough ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful?

150
Now playing ·
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿١٥٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTherefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,

151
Now playing ·
وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ﴿١٥١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd obey not the command of the prodigal,

152
Now playing ·
ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ ﴿١٥٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho spread corruption in the earth, and reform not.

153
Now playing ·
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ ﴿١٥٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;

154
Now playing ·
مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ﴿١٥٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful.

155
Now playing ·
قَالَ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ﴿١٥٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: (Behold) this she-camel. She hath the right to drink (at the well), and ye have the right to drink, (each) on an appointed day.

156
Now playing ·
وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ﴿١٥٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of an awful day.

157
Now playing ·
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَـٰدِمِينَ ﴿١٥٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.

158
Now playing ·
فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٥٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

159
Now playing ·
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٥٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

160
Now playing ·
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿١٦٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah),

Ayahs 161 – 227
Mishary Rashid AlafasyMurattal · Ash-Shu'ara
0:00
0:00

Your reading

Sign in to keep your place on every device, count your daily ayahs and follow a khatam plan.

Sign in

Friday reminder

Read Surah Al-Kahf every Friday. Sign in to get a reminder, or add it to your calendar.
110 ayahs 12 pages Fri, Nov 13
Add to calendar Open Al-Kahf
Keep going

Related surahs

Short, often-recited surahs that pair well with your Friday reading.

All 114 surahs
يس

Ya-Sin · 36

83 ayahs · Makki · Juz 22

On the messengers sent to a town, the resurrection and the signs of Allah in creation – the sun, the moon and...

Read Listen
الملك

Al-Mulk · 67

30 ayahs · Makki · Juz 29

On Allah’s dominion and the purpose of life and death. At-Tirmidhi (2891) reports that a surah of thirty ayahs...

Read Listen
الواقعة

Al-Waqi'ah · 56

96 ayahs · Makki · Juz 27

The Inevitable Event: the Day of Resurrection and the three groups of people on that day.

Read Listen
Built for study

Everything a reader needs

Tools that stay out of the way until you need them.

1 translationSwitch between them or read two side by side.
1 tafsir sourceStudy notes
13 recitersAyah-by-ayah audio with repeat and speed for memorising.
Tajweed coloursMadd, ghunnah and qalqalah marked as you read.
Your place, keptBookmarks, notes and your khatam follow you to every device.

Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).