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Surah ash-Shu`ara' (The Poets ) 26 : 186

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

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 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(26:186:1)
(26:186:2)
(26:186:3)
illā
(are) except
(26:186:4)
basharun
a man
(26:186:5)
mith'lunā
like us
(26:186:6)
(26:186:7)
naẓunnuka
we think you
(26:186:8)
(26:186:9)
l-kādhibīna
the liars

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Explanatory Note

They also questioned the fact that he was God’s messenger, since he was a man of their own kind. To them, a messenger of God should be different. Hence, they accused him of telling lies: “You are only a human being like us! And, indeed, we believe that you are lying.”

 

 

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The subject matter and the style show that this Surah was revealed during the middle Makkan period. According to Ibn Abbas (a great companion of the Prophet), Surah 20: Ta Ha was revealed, followed by Surah 56: al-Waqi’ah (The Occurrence) and then Surah 26: ash-Shu’ara’ (The Poets).

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