Ash-Shu'ara

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الشعراء Ash-Shuʻarāʼ The Poets
Arabic text · English translation
Classification	Meccan
Position	Juzʼ 19
Hizb number	37
Number of Rukus	11
Number of verses	227

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Sūrat ash-Shuʻarāʼ (Arabic: سورة الشعراء‎‎, "The Poets") is the 26th sura of the Qurʾan with 227 ayat. Many of these verses are very short.

Shu'ara is the 26th surah in the Qur'an. The name shuara means "poets". It talks about various prophets and their tribes. Also how the disbelievers were destroyed after threatening prophets with death. It also talks about the mercy of Allah (God).

This surah starts with the story of Moses, followed by that of Abraham.

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The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/26. The Poets

Previous sura:
Al-Furqan

Surah 26

Next sura:
An-Naml

Arabic text

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