Surah 26 · verse 137
Ash-Shu'ara 26:137
Sign in to listenإِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
in hadha illa khuluq al-awwalin
This is not but the custom of the former peoples,
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
وَجَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
And gardens and springs.
Verse 135إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."
Verse 136قَالُوا 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,
وَمَا 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.
Verse 140وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
