Meccan·Surah 26

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Surah Ash-Shu'ara — Ayah 130

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227 Ayahs·Verse 26:130
26:130

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.

Context in Surah Ash-Shu'ara

Nearby ayahs help place verse 26:130 in sequence and meaning.

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ

Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

And take for yourselves palaces and fortresses that you might abide eternally?

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So fear Allah and obey me.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ

And fear He who provided you with that which you know,