Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 107·Makkī

107

فَإِذَا هِىَ ﴿١٠٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So Moses threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent, manifest.

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 4 roots in 4 of 6 words

Rarest here: ث-ع-ب 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 7 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

6 words · 24 letters · āyah 107 of 206

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • فَأَلْقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِىَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ

    So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.

  • قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    [Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful."

  • قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَٰمُوسَىٰ

    [Allah] said, "Throw it down, O Moses."

  • وَأَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَقْبِلْ وَلَا تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْـَٔامِنِينَ

    And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it was a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allah said], "O Moses, approach and fear…

  • قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ

    He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].

  • فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

    Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:324 shared roots

    فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

    ث-ع-بع-ص-ول-ق-يب-ي-ن

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:452 shared roots

    فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

    ع-ص-ول-ق-ي

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:442 shared roots

    فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ

    ع-ص-ول-ق-ي

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1172 shared roots

    وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

    ع-ص-ول-ق-ي

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1172 shared roots

    وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

    ع-ص-ول-ق-ي

  • Taa-Haa 20:662 shared roots

    قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ

    ع-ص-ول-ق-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:107?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:107 include Quran 20:20 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 26:31 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 20:19 (Surah Taa-Haa), and Quran 28:31 (Surah Al-Qasas). For example, 20:20 reads: “So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 7:107 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:107 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “So Moses threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent, manifest.”

Which surah is verse 7:107 in?

Quran 7:107 is āyah 107 of Surah Al-A'raaf (The Heights), chapter 7 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 206 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 7:107?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:107 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.