Meccan·Surah 26

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Surah Ash-Shu'ara — Ayah 137

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227 Ayahs·Verse 26:137
26:137

إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

This is not but the custom of the former peoples,

Context in Surah Ash-Shu'ara

Nearby ayahs help place verse 26:137 in sequence and meaning.

إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."

قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ

They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

And we are not to be punished."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.