Ash-Shuara (الشعراء)
Chapter 26 · The Poets · Juz 19
يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌۭ وَلَا بَنُونَ
Yawma laa yanfa'u maalunw wa laa banoon
The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children
Quran 26:88 — Surah Ash-Shuara
This is verse 88 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:
Yawma laa yanfa'u maalunw wa laa banoon
وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
And forgive my father. Indeed, he has been of those astray.
وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ
And do not disgrace me on the Day they are [all] resurrected -
يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌۭ وَلَا بَنُونَ
The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children
إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍۢ سَلِيمٍۢ
But only one who comes to Allah with a sound heart."
وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
And Paradise will be brought near [that Day] to the righteous.