Surah 26 · verse 197
Ash-Shu'ara 26:197
Sign in to listenأَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ آيَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
a-wa-lam yakun lahum ayah an ya'lamahu 'ulama banu isra'il
And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنذِرِينَ
Upon your heart, [O Muhammad] - that you may be of the warners -
Verse 195بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُّبِينٍ
In a clear Arabic language.
Verse 196وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ
And indeed, it is [mentioned] in the scriptures of former peoples.
أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ آيَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?
وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ الْأَعْجَمِينَ
And even if We had revealed it to one among the foreigners
Verse 199فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ
And he had recited it to them [perfectly], they would [still] not have been believers in it.
Verse 200كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَاهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
Thus have We inserted disbelief into the hearts of the criminals.