Ash-Shuara (الشعراء)
Chapter 26 · The Poets · Juz 19
وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍۢ
Wa laa sadeeqin hameem
And not a devoted friend.
Quran 26:101 — Surah Ash-Shuara
This is verse 101 of 227 in Surah Ash-Shuara (الشعراء), meaning “The Poets”. It is a Meccan surah — revealed in Makkah before the Hijrah. This verse is located in Juz 19 (Part 19) of the Quran.
Surah Ash-Shuara is the 26th chapter of the Holy Quran and contains 227 verses (ayat). You can listen to this surah with audio recitation and follow along with transliteration on QuranMakkah.com.
To pronounce this verse, follow the transliteration below. Each syllable represents the Arabic sounds written in Latin letters:
Wa laa sadeeqin hameem
وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
And no one misguided us except the criminals.
فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ
So now we have no intercessors
وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍۢ
And not a devoted friend.
فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةًۭ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of the believers... "
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.