Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 140·Makkī

140

وَهُوَ عَلَى ﴿١٤٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He said, "Is it other than Allah I should desire for you as a god while He has preferred you over the worlds?"

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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 7 of 9 words

Recitation · 14 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 39 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 140 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 21:66 · Al-Anbiyaavery close

    قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ

    He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allah that which does not benefit you at all or harm you?

  • Quran 27:62 · An-Namlvery close

    أَمَّن يُجِيبُ ٱلْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَءِلَٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    Is He [not best] who responds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him and removes evil and makes you inheritors of the earth? Is there a deity with Allah? Little do you…

  • Quran 37:86 · As-Saaffaatvery close

    أَئِفْكًا ءَالِهَةً دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ

    Is it falsehood [as] gods other than Allah you desire?

  • Quran 37:125 · As-Saaffaatvery close

    أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَٰلِقِينَ

    Do you call upon Ba'l and leave the best of creators -

  • Quran 39:64 · Az-Zumarvery close

    قُلْ أَفَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ تَأْمُرُوٓنِّىٓ أَعْبُدُ أَيُّهَا ٱلْجَٰهِلُونَ

    Say, [O Muhammad], "Is it other than Allah that you order me to worship, O ignorant ones?"

  • Quran 45:23 · Al-Jaathiyavery close

    أَفَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِۦ وَقَلْبِهِۦ وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِۦ غِشَٰوَةً فَمَن يَهْدِيهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱللَّهِ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire, and Allah has sent him astray due to knowledge and has set a seal upon his hearing and his heart and put over his…

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.

  • Al-An'aam 6:862 shared roots

    وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطًا وَكُلًّا فَضَّلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ف-ض-لع-ل-م

  • Al-Hujuraat 49:83 shared roots

    فَضْلًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَنِعْمَةً وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

    ف-ض-لع-ل-مأ-ل-ه

  • An-Nisaa 4:703 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَضْلُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ عَلِيمًا

    ف-ض-لع-ل-مأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Qasas 28:732 shared roots

    وَمِن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

    ب-غ-يف-ض-ل

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:852 shared roots

    وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ ٱلْإِسْلَٰمِ دِينًا فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

    ب-غ-يغ-ي-ر

  • Al-An'aam 6:1144 shared roots

    أَفَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْتَغِى حَكَمًا وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مُفَصَّلًا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُۥ مُنَزَّلٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُمْتَرِينَ

    ب-غ-يغ-ي-رع-ل-مأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:140?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:140 include Quran 21:66 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 27:62 (Surah An-Naml), Quran 37:86 (Surah As-Saaffaat), and Quran 37:125 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 21:66 reads: “He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allah that which does not benefit you at all or harm you?” 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 7:140 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:140 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “He said, "Is it other than Allah I should desire for you as a god while He has preferred you over the worlds?"”

Which surah is verse 7:140 in?

Quran 7:140 is āyah 140 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 7:140?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:140 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.