☪️ Quran:Chapter 26 The Poets – Al Shuraa سورة الشعراء

Revelation place: Mecca

Revelation order: 47

Number of verses: 227

Theme:  The power of the divine message and the fate of those who reject it. This Surah emphasizes belief in the Hereafter, the Oneness of God , and responds to doubts about the Quran. It urges reflection on creation of our bodies, food, water, and fire, as evidence of God’s power. Humans are reminded of their helplessness at death. Denial of the truth will not stop the reality of resurrection and judgment by Allah.

Subjects: Theology · Prophethood · History · Revelation · Warning

Summary:Ash-Shuʿarāʾ is a majestic Meccan surah that presents the unbroken chain of prophetic struggle showing how the truth has always triumphed, even when confronted by overwhelming opposition. It begins with verses of reassurance to the Prophet, who was grieved by his people’s rejection.

The surah recounts the stories of Moses and Pharaoh, Abraham, Noah, Hūd, Ṣāliḥ, Lot, and Shuʿayb. Each story follows a clear pattern: the prophets call their people to worship Allah alone, the disbelievers mock and reject them, then divine justice prevails.

The surah highlights the contrast between divine truth, revealed to messengers, and falsehood adorned by poets and eloquent speech which can mislead people if not rooted in truth. It affirms that only those poets who believe in Allah and stand for justice are praiseworthy.

It closes with comfort to the Prophet: he stands in the line of all prophets, and rejection is not a sign of failure, but a repeated human pattern before the truth ultimately prevails.

Key Embedded Themes:

• Prophetic Continuity: All messengers faced rejection but triumphed through faith.

• Divine Power: Allah supports His messengers and destroys falsehood.

• Moral Speech: Words can mislead or elevate, depending on their foundation.

• Warning & Mercy: Every nation is given a chance before judgment.

• Prophetic Consolation: Rejection is part of the divine path of truth.

Essence:Ash-Shuʿarāʾ is a reminder that eloquence and power cannot stand against divine truth. It strengthens the believer’s resolve and assures that the message of Allah always prevails no matter how fierce the opposition.

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the condemned.

With the name of Allah, the Gracious the Merciful.

(Acknowledge and declare that Allah is the author of the Quran)

1- Tah, Seen, Meem . These standalone letters are not part of a sentence, making their exact meaning unclear. Over the centuries, scholars have pondered their significance, but without direct guidance from Allah, their meanings remain hidden."

When a word is part of a sentence and that word is new or has multiple meanings, it helps to compare that word when it appears again in other sentences in the Quran, to understand its meaning.

But these “Standalone letters” are not part of any sentence to shed light on their meaning, even if repeated they are still “stand-alone”.

My point of view are these Standalone letters serve as a powerful reminder of our dependence on Allah's guidance. Without His insight, much in life, including these standalone letters, remains a mystery. They exemplify our need to seek understanding through the Quran, Allah's Straight Path.

It's important to remember that the Prophet was illiterate, and the Quran was revealed to him verbally. He conveyed it in the same manner it was revealed to him

Tah, Seen, Meem." Reiterate the importance of humility in the face of divine mystery and the continuous pursuit of knowledge through the Quran.)

(Allah knows best)

2- These are the signs of the clear book (that separates and shows between the truth and the false, right from wrong, and guide to the straight path)

3- Maybe (Alert to the prophet), you are slaughtering yourself (Torment yourself, Splitting your vertebrate with grieve so deeply that it takes over your soul until you perish) that they will not be believers (overburdening yourself with grief)

4- If We wish We shall send down upon them from the heavens a sign, so their necks will remain to it subjected

5- And does not come to them anew reminder from The Merciful, but they were from it siding away

6- So, they have denied it (that reminder), so will come to them the news of what they used to ridicule

7- Have not they seen at the earth how We have sprouted in it from every pair, in a generous kind

8- Indeed, in that is a sign, but most of them were not believers (despite of that)

9- Indeed, your God is The Mighty, The Merciful (capable but is giving them time)

10- And, as called your God to Moses “that indeed go unto the wrongdoing (unjust) folks”

11- The folks of Pharoah, will they not be (Godfearing) pious?

12- Said ”My God, I fear that they indeed will deny me as a liar” (as Pharoah claims to be God who sent no messenger)

13- And will tighten my chest, and will not launch my tongue, so send to Aaron (His brother to support him)

14- And for them upon me an offence (As he killed and Egyptian), so I fear they kill me

15- Said No (Do not worry), go (both of you) with Our signs, We are with you, listening

16- And come to Pharoah, and say we are indeed the messenger (As one, with Aaron to support) of the God of the worlds

17- That indeed, send with us the children of Israel

18- Said (Pharoah) “Did we not raised you among us as child, and you remained among us (good) years of your age”

19- And did your doing that you did, and you are among the ungrateful (Or disbeliever in Pharo’s divinity)

20- Said” I did it then, and I was among the strayers” (unintended mistake)

21- So, I fled from you when I feared you, so granted me my God wisdom (To know right from wrong) and made me among the messengers

22- And this is the favor that you reproach upon me, (In comparison to what you did )that you have enslaved the children of Isreal

23- Said Pharoh, “and what is the God of the worlds”

24- Said “The God of heavens and the earth and what in between them, if you were faithfully certain (That only God created them)

25- Said (Pharoah) to whom around him “Do you not hear?”

26- Said (Moses) “your God and the God of your first forefathers”

27- Said (Pharoah) “Indeed your messenger who were sent you is mad”

28- Said (Moses) “The God of the east and the west and what in between them, if you were to reason”

29- Said (Pharoah) “If you were to take a God other than me, I will make you among the imprisoned”

30- Said (Moses) “ So, what about, if I brought you a clear thing”

31- Said (Pharoah) “So bring it, if you were among the truthful”

32- So (Moses) cast his staff, so is be it an obvious serpent

33- And (Moses) drew his hand, so is be it was white to the observers

34- Said (Pharoah) to the full-ups (eminent ones) around him, indeed that is a knowing sorcerer

35- He (Said Pharoah) wants to expel you from your land with his sorcery, so what do you command?

36- They said, postpone him and his brother, and send within the cities gatherers

37- To get you every well knowing magician

38- So was gathered the magician for the appointment of a well-known day

39- And was said to the people, “Will you gather”

40- That we might follow the magician, if they were the victors

41- And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharoh “ Is there indeed for us a wage, if indeed we were the victors

42- Said ”Yes, and indeed then you will be among the nearer (Close favorers to him)”

43- Said to them Moses “Throw whatever you will throw”

44- So, they threw their ropes and their staffs, and said” By the might of pharaoh, indeed it is we who are the victors”

45- So threw Moses his staff, so it devoured what they falsified (manipulated reality)

46- So threw (dropped, fell) the magician prostrating

47- They said “We believed in the God of the worlds”

48- The God of Moses and Aaron

49- Said (Pharoah)” You believed to him (Moses) before I gave you permission, indeed he is your biggest (Highest chief) who taught you magic, so you will know, I will cut-off your hands and your feet from opposite sides, and will certainly crucify you all

50- They said” No harm upon us, indeed we are all to our God shall be flipped”

51- We aspire that our God forgives us our faults, as we were the first of the believers

52- And We inspired to Moses, that go (At night) with my worshipers, you shall be followed

53- So sent Pharoah into the cities gatherers

54- Indeed, those are but small shards

55- And they are for us enraging

56- And we are all to be cautious

57- So, We took them out from gardens and springs

58- And treasures and generous standing (Humiliated them)

59- Like this We bequeathed it (The generous standing) to the children of Israel

60- So, they followed them at sunrise

61- So, when the two groups sighted, said the companion of Moses” we are being overtaken”

62- Said, No, indeed with me my God, will guide me

63- So, We inspired to Moses, to strike with your staff the sea, so it split, and each side was as great mountain

64- So, we brought midway closer (closer to other side of the shore) the pursuers (Pharoah army)

65- And saved Moses and those with him, all together

66- Then We drowned the others

67- Indeed, in that is a sign, yet most of them are not (still) believers

68- And indeed, your God, He is the Mighty, the Merciful

69- And recite upon them the news of Abraham

70- As he said to his father (Azer) and his folks “What do you worship?”

71- They said ”We worship idols, and we remain to them devoted”

72- Said” Do they hear you as you call (Supplicate)

73- Or do you benefit, or they harm?

74- They said ” but we found our fathers like this doing”

75- He said ” Do you see what you have been worshipping

76- you and your oldest forefathers”

77- Indeed, they are an enemy to me, except the God of the worlds

78- Who created me, and He guides me

79- And is He who feeds me and water me

80- And if I become ill, it is He who cures me

81- And who will cause me to die, and then gives me to life

82- And to who I aspire, that He will forgive my faults on the day of religion

83- My God grant me judgement (Wisdom to know the right and do it) and join (catch up) with the righteous

84- And make to me a tongue of truth (Good reputation) among the later

85- And make me among the inheritors’ of the garden of bliss

86- And forgive my father, as he was among the strayed

87- And do not shame me on the day they are raised

88- The day that will not benefit (Anyone) wealth or children’s

89- Except who came to Allah with a sound heart