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Ash Shu'ara

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Classification
  
Meccan

Hizb number
  
37

Number of verses
  
227

Position
  
Juzʼ 19

Number of Rukus
  
11

Ash-Shu'ara

Sūrat ash-Shuʻarāʼ (Arabic: سورة الشعراء‎‎, "The Poets") is the 26th sura of the Qurʾan with 227 ayat. Many of these verses are very short.

Shu'ara is the 26th surah in the Qur'an. The name shuara means "poets". It talks about various prophets and their tribes. Also how the disbelievers were destroyed after threatening prophets with death. It also talks about the mercy of Allah (God).

This surah starts with the story of Moses, followed by that of Abraham.

References

Ash-Shu'ara Wikipedia