Surah 26 · verse 136
Ash-Shu'ara 26:136
Sign in to listenقَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ الْوَاعِظِينَ
qalu sawa' 'alayna awa'azta am lam takun min al-wa'izin
They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.
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Context in the surah
أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَامٍ وَبَنِينَ
Provided you with grazing livestock and children
Verse 134وَجَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
And gardens and springs.
Verse 135إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."
قَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ الْوَاعِظِينَ
They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.
إِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
This is not but the custom of the former peoples,
Verse 138وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
And we are not to be punished."
Verse 139فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ 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.