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Surah An-Nahl Verse 26

Quran 16:26 · The Bee · Meccan · Juz 14

16:26

Arabic

قَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَاَتَى اللّٰهُ بُنْيَانَهُمْ مِّنَ الْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّقْفُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَاَتٰىهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُوْنَ ۝٢٦

Transliteration

Qod makarol-lażīna min qoblihim fa atallāhu bun-yānahum minal-qowā‘idi fa khorro ‘alaihimus-saqfu min fauqihim wa atāhumul-‘ażābu min ḥaiṡu lā yasy‘urūn

Meaning

Those before them also schemed, but Allah took their structures from the foundations, and the roof caved in on them. The punishment came at them from where they did not perceive.

Surah An-Nahl verse 26 (Quran 16:26) is verse 26 of the 128 verses of Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), a Meccan surah that is number 16 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 14.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).