Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 111·Makkī

111

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Translation

Saheeh International

They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 7 words

Recitation · 8 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 33 letters · āyah 111 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.

  • يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ

    Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician."

  • فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

    And they denied him, so indeed, they will be brought [for punishment],

  • وَجَآءَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ

    And the people of the city came rejoicing.

  • قَالُوا۟ وَأَقْبَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِم مَّاذَا تَفْقِدُونَ

    They said while approaching them, "What is it you are missing?"

  • فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَجْمَعُوٓا۟ أَن يَجْعَلُوهُ فِى غَيَٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُم بِأَمْرِهِمْ هَٰذَا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    So when they took him [out] and agreed to put him into the bottom of the well... But We inspired to him, "You will surely inform them [someday] about this affair of theirs while…

  • فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ ٱسْتَطْعَمَآ أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا۟ أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُۥ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا

    So they set out, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. And they found therein a wall about to…

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:111?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:111 include Quran 26:37 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 37:127 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 15:67 (Surah Al-Hijr), and Quran 12:71 (Surah Yusuf). For example, 26:37 reads: “Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician."” 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 7:111 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:111 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers”

Which surah is verse 7:111 in?

Quran 7:111 is āyah 111 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 7:111?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:111 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.