Meccan·Surah 26

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Surah Ash-Shu'ara — Ayah 140

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227 Ayahs·Verse 26:140
26:140

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

Context in Surah Ash-Shu'ara

Nearby ayahs help place verse 26:140 in sequence and meaning.

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.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Thamud denied the messengers

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَـٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

When their brother Salih said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?