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سُورَةُ الشُّعَرَاءِ · 26:99
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وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

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And no one misguided us except the criminals.

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Introduction

This is āyah 99 of Sūrat Ash-Shu'araa (The Poets), the 47th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 19. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
47 of 114
Surah
Ash-Shu'araa (26)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

And Paradise will be brought near to those who had Taqwa (90)And the (Hell) Fire will be placed in full view of the astray (91)And it will be said to them: "Where are those that you used to worship. (92)"Instead of Allah? Can they help you or help themselves? (93)Then they will be thrown on their faces into it (the Fire), they and the astray (94)And all of the hosts of Iblis together (95)They will say while contending therein (96)"By Allah, we were truly in a manifest error (97)"When we held you as equals with the Lord of all that exists; (98)"And none has brought us into error except the criminals. (99)"Now we have no intercessors, (100)"Nor a close friend. (101)"(Alas!) If we only had a chance to return, we shall truly be among the believers! (102)Verily, in this is indeed a sign, yet most of them are not believers (103)And verily your Lord, He is truly the All-Mighty, the Most Mercifu…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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