Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 118·Makkī

118

مَا ﴿١١٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 6 words

Recitation · 5 points across 2 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 25 letters · āyah 118 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.

  • Quran 10:76 · Yunusclose

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

    So when there came to them the truth from Us, they said, "Indeed, this is obvious magic."

  • Quran 6:5 · Al-An'aamclose

    فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    For they had denied the truth when it came to them, but there is going to reach them the news of what they used to ridicule.

  • Quran 78:28 · An-Nabaclose

    وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا

    And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

  • Quran 8:6 · Al-Anfaalclose

    يُجَٰدِلُونَكَ فِى ٱلْحَقِّ بَعْدَ مَا تَبَيَّنَ كَأَنَّمَا يُسَاقُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

    Arguing with you concerning the truth after it had become clear, as if they were being driven toward death while they were looking on.

  • Quran 23:71 · Al-Muminoonclose

    وَلَوِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ لَفَسَدَتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ بَلْ أَتَيْنَٰهُم بِذِكْرِهِمْ فَهُمْ عَن ذِكْرِهِم مُّعْرِضُونَ

    But if the Truth had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been ruined. Rather, We have brought them their message, but they…

  • Quran 34:49 · Sabaclose

    قُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيدُ

    Say, "The truth has come, and falsehood can neither begin [anything] nor repeat [it]."

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.

  • Muhammad 47:332 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ وَلَا تُبْطِلُوٓا۟ أَعْمَٰلَكُمْ

    ب-ط-لع-م-ل

  • Al-Anfaal 8:82 shared roots

    لِيُحِقَّ ٱلْحَقَّ وَيُبْطِلَ ٱلْبَٰطِلَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

    ب-ط-لح-ق-ق

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1393 shared roots

    إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَٰطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    ب-ط-لع-م-لك-و-ن

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1393 shared roots

    إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَٰطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    ب-ط-لع-م-لك-و-ن

  • Al-Israa 17:813 shared roots

    وَقُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ إِنَّ ٱلْبَٰطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا

    ب-ط-لح-ق-قك-و-ن

  • Luqman 31:302 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

    ب-ط-لح-ق-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:118?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:118 include Quran 10:76 (Surah Yunus), Quran 6:5 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 78:28 (Surah An-Naba), and Quran 8:6 (Surah Al-Anfaal). For example, 10:76 reads: “So when there came to them the truth from Us, they said, "Indeed, this is obvious magic."” 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 7:118 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:118 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing.”

Which surah is verse 7:118 in?

Quran 7:118 is āyah 118 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 7:118?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:118 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.