Surah Ash-Shu'ara

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Quranic surah chapter of the Quran

Surah Ash-Shu'ara is the 26th chapter of the Quran, known for its poetic recounting of the stories of earlier prophets and the repeated emphasis on the divine origin of the revelation.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Surah Ash-Shu'ara canonical 5
Ash-Shu'ara 3
Surah Ash-Shuara 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Quranic surah ⓘ
chapter of the Quran ⓘ
addressesAudience Muhammad ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Muhammad

disbelievers of Mecca ⓘ
classification Meccan surah ⓘ
containsMuqattaat true ⓘ
containsVerse verse about the poets and the misguiding poets (Quran 26:224–226) ⓘ
emphasizes continuity of prophetic message ⓘ
punishment of those who deny the truth ⓘ
truthfulness of revelation ⓘ
ultimate victory of the messengers ⓘ
finalVersesTheme distinction between misguided poets and believers who remember God ⓘ
hizb 37 ⓘ
38 ⓘ
39 ⓘ
40 ⓘ
juz 19 ⓘ
20 ⓘ
language Classical Arabic ⓘ
locationOfRevelation Mecca ⓘ
mentionsCommunity people of 'Ad ⓘ
people of Lot ⓘ
Midian ⓘ
surface form: people of Madyan

people of Noah ⓘ
people of Pharaoh ⓘ
people of Thamud ⓘ
mentionsProphet Abraham ⓘ
Hud ⓘ
Lot ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
Noah ⓘ
Salih ⓘ
Shuayb ⓘ
surface form: Shu'ayb
muqattaat طسم ⓘ
nameInArabic Surah Ash-Shu'ara self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: سورة الشعراء
nameInEnglish The Poets ⓘ
numberOfVerses 227 ⓘ
openingVerse Ta-Sin-Mim ⓘ
partOf Quran ⓘ
surface form: the Quran
positionInMushaf after Surah Al-Furqan ⓘ
before Surah An-Naml ⓘ
primaryTheme affirmation of the divine origin of the Quran ⓘ
consequences of rejecting God’s messengers ⓘ
consolation and support for Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
recurrentMotif repeated refrain about most people not believing ⓘ
signs of God in history and creation ⓘ
stories of earlier prophets ⓘ
refrainText "And indeed, your Lord – He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful" ⓘ
"Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers" ⓘ
surahNumber 26 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quran → hasPart → Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
Surah Ash-Shu'ara → nameInArabic → Surah Ash-Shu'ara self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: سورة الشعراء
Surah An-Naml → precededBy → Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
Hud → mentionedInSurah → Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surah Ash-Shu‘ara
Prophet Hud → mentionedInSurah → Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
subject surface form: Hud
this entity surface form: Surah Ash-Shuara
Lut → appearsInSurah → Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ash-Shu'ara
Prophet Salih → mentionedIn → Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surah Ash-Shuara
Prophet Shu'ayb → scripture → Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
subject surface form: Shu'ayb
this entity surface form: Quran, Surah Ash-Shu'ara
people of Thamud → quranicSurahMention → Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
subject surface form: People of Thamud
Salih → hasStoryIn → Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
Prophet Lut → quranicSurah → Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
subject surface form: Lut
The Poets → hasTransliteration → Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ash-Shu'ara
The Poets → hasAlternativeEnglishTitle → Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Poets (Ash-Shu'ara)
Lot → appearsInSurah → Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
this entity surface form: SurahAshShuara
people of Lot → describedIn → Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surah Ash-Shuara
Shuayb → mentionedInSurah → Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surah Ash-Shu‘ara
The Ant → followsSurah → Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ash-Shu'ara
‘Ad → mentionedIn → Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
subject surface form: ʿĀd
this entity surface form: Surah ash-Shu‘arā’