Surah 26 · verse 171
Ash-Shu'ara 26:171
Sign in to listenإِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ
illa 'ajuz fi al-ghabirin
Except an old woman among those who remained behind.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ الْقَالِينَ
He said, "Indeed, I am, toward your deed, of those who detest [it].
Verse 169رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ
My Lord, save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do."
Verse 170فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ
So We saved him and his family, all,
إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ
Except an old woman among those who remained behind.
ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْآخَرِينَ
Then We destroyed the others.
Verse 173وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنذَرِينَ
And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.
Verse 174إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
