سُوْرَةُ الشُّعَرَآءِ

Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 190

The Poets · Meccan · Juz 19 · Page 375

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿190﴾
Verily, in this is indeed a sign, yet most of them are not believers.
إِنَّ inna Indeed
فِى in
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that
لَـَٔايَةًۭ ۖ laāyatan surely, is a sign
وَمَا wamā but not
كَانَ kāna are
أَكْثَرُهُم aktharuhum most of them
مُّؤْمِنِينَ mu'minīna believers

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(Ayah 191,190){ اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً … :} In this surah, at the end of the stories of each of the seven prophets, these words have appeared; the purpose of this is to console the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and to warn the deniers that in each of these incidents there is a great sign of what happens to those who deny the messengers of Allah. Repetition makes the point more effective.

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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Surely in this (story) is a sign [111], but most of them do not believe.

[111]
The Summary of Seven Authentic Historical Events. The Consequence of Disobeying Allah and Denying the Messenger:

In the previous verses, Allah Almighty has mentioned seven nations: the people of Musa, the people of Ibrahim, the people of Nuh, the people of ‘Ad, the people of Thamud, the people of Lut, and the people of Shu‘ayb. All these nations denied their respective prophets. Although the social circumstances of these nations were different from one another, and their manner of debate, argument, and questioning with the prophets was in some ways different and in some ways similar, since the nature of their fundamental crime was the same—denial of prophethood—their outcome was also the same: they were ultimately destroyed by the punishment of Allah, and Allah Almighty saved His messengers and those who believed in them both from the hands of these wrongdoers and from His own punishment. Even after these seven authentic historical events, if someone tries to break the connection between the denial of the Messenger and disobedience to Allah and their consequence, i.e., the divine punishment, and starts searching for natural causes of Allah’s punishment, regarding which Allah Almighty has said seven times: ﴿وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴾, and this address is not only for the disbelievers of Makkah but for every person who wants to break the connection between this cause and its consequence, and it is for all times until the Day of Judgment. And such people can only be those who, having forgotten Allah, have become mere servants of the world, regardless of which religion they belong to. After mentioning these established historical events and their established outcomes, the discourse returns to the same subject that was stated at the beginning of this Surah.