The Poets

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The Poets is the English title of the 26th chapter (Surah Ash-Shu'ara) of the Qur'an, which focuses on the stories of earlier prophets and contrasts divine revelation with the misleading speech of poets and disbelievers.

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The Poets canonical 3

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Quran surah ⓘ
chapter of the Quran ⓘ
addressesAudience Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad

disbelievers of Mecca ⓘ
centralMessage God supports His messengers despite denial and ridicule ⓘ
containsVerse Quran 26:224 ⓘ
Quran 26:225 ⓘ
Quran 26:226 ⓘ
Quran 26:227 ⓘ
contrastsWith speech of disbelievers ⓘ
speech of poets ⓘ
emphasizesConcept Tawhid ⓘ
linked to: tawhid

rejection of idolatry ⓘ
truthfulness of revelation ⓘ
finalVersesTheme description of poets and their followers ⓘ
followsSurah The Criterion ⓘ
hasAlternativeEnglishTitle The Poets (Ash-Shu'ara) ⓘ
linked to: Surah Ash-Shu'ara
hasArabicName سورة الشعراء ⓘ
hasClassification Meccan surah ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle The Poets ⓘ
hasJuz 19 ⓘ
20 ⓘ
hasNumberOfVerses 227 ⓘ
hasPrimaryTheme contrast between divine revelation and misleading speech ⓘ
stories of earlier prophets ⓘ
hasSurahNumber 26 ⓘ
hasTransliteration Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
linked to: Surah Ash-Shu'ara
language Classical Arabic ⓘ
mentionsProphet Abraham ⓘ
Hud ⓘ
Lot ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
Noah ⓘ
Salih ⓘ
Shu'ayb ⓘ
linked to: Prophet Shu'ayb
partOf Quran ⓘ
precedesSurah The Ant ⓘ
recurrentMotif confrontation between prophets and their peoples ⓘ
signs of God rejected by arrogant nations ⓘ
revealedIn Mecca ⓘ
teaches consequences of denying revelation ⓘ
steadfastness of prophets in calling to God ⓘ
warnsAgainst following misleading poets ⓘ

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Surah Ash-Shu'ara → nameInEnglish → The Poets ⓘ
The Poets → hasEnglishTitle → The Poets ⓘ
Quran 26:225 → chapterNameEnglish → The Poets ⓘ