Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 191·Makkī

191

مَا لَا وَهُمْ ﴿١٩١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Do they associate with Him those who create nothing and they are [themselves] created?

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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 · 3 roots in 4 of 7 words

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Light rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 28 letters · āyah 191 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 16:20 · An-Nahlvery close

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ

    And those they invoke other than Allah create nothing, and they [themselves] are created.

  • Quran 16:17 · An-Nahlclose

    أَفَمَن يَخْلُقُ كَمَن لَّا يَخْلُقُ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    Then is He who creates like one who does not create? So will you not be reminded?

  • Quran 25:3 · Al-Furqaanclose

    وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً لَّا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ مَوْتًا وَلَا حَيَوٰةً وَلَا نُشُورًا

    But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or…

  • Quran 36:36 · Yaseenclose

    سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَمِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    Exalted is He who created all pairs - from what the earth grows and from themselves and from that which they do not know.

  • Quran 52:35 · At-Turclose

    أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ

    Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?

  • Quran 43:9 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing."

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.

  • Abasa 80:182 shared roots

    مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

    خ-ل-قش-ي-أ

  • Al-Qasas 28:683 shared roots

    وَرَبُّكَ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَيَخْتَارُ مَا كَانَ لَهُمُ ٱلْخِيَرَةُ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

    ش-ر-كخ-ل-قش-ي-أ

  • At-Tur 52:352 shared roots

    أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ

    خ-ل-قش-ي-أ

  • An-Nahl 16:32 shared roots

    خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ تَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

    ش-ر-كخ-ل-ق

  • Al-Furqaan 25:23 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٌ فِى ٱلْمُلْكِ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ تَقْدِيرًا

    ش-ر-كخ-ل-قش-ي-أ

  • Ar-Room 30:403 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ رَزَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ هَلْ مِن شُرَكَآئِكُم مَّن يَفْعَلُ مِن ذَٰلِكُم مِّن شَىْءٍ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

    ش-ر-كخ-ل-قش-ي-أ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:191?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:191 include Quran 16:20 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 16:17 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 25:3 (Surah Al-Furqaan), and Quran 36:36 (Surah Yaseen). For example, 16:20 reads: “And those they invoke other than Allah create nothing, and they [themselves] are created.” 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 7:191 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:191 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “Do they associate with Him those who create nothing and they are [themselves] created?”

Which surah is verse 7:191 in?

Quran 7:191 is āyah 191 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 7:191?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:191 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.