Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 90·Makkī

90

ٱلَّذِينَ مِن لَئِنِ شُعَيْبًا إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا ﴿٩٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "If you should follow Shu'ayb, indeed, you would then be losers."

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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 12 words

Recitation · 14 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 52 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 90 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.

  • وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَتَعْسًا لَّهُمْ وَأَضَلَّ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ

    But those who disbelieve - for them is misery, and He will waste their deeds.

  • يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن تُطِيعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَٰبِكُمْ فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَٰسِرِينَ

    O you who have believed, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will [then] become losers.

  • كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

    Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

  • وَلَئِنْ أَطَعْتُم بَشَرًا مِّثْلَكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ

    And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.

  • قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

    Said those who were arrogant, "Indeed we, in that which you have believed, are disbelievers."

  • قَالُوا۟ يَٰشُعَيْبُ مَا نَفْقَهُ كَثِيرًا مِّمَّا تَقُولُ وَإِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِينَا ضَعِيفًا وَلَوْلَا رَهْطُكَ لَرَجَمْنَٰكَ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْنَا بِعَزِيزٍ

    They said, "O Shu'ayb, we do not understand much of what you say, and indeed, we consider you among us as weak. And if not for your family, we would have stoned you [to death]…

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.

  • Saad 38:852 shared roots

    لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    م-ل-أت-ب-ع

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1093 shared roots

    قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

    م-ل-أق-و-مق-و-ل

  • Hud 11:972 shared roots

    إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَآ أَمْرُ فِرْعَوْنَ بِرَشِيدٍ

    م-ل-أت-ب-ع

  • Al-A'raaf 7:603 shared roots

    قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    م-ل-أق-و-مق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:603 shared roots

    قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    م-ل-أق-و-مق-و-ل

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:462 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَقَالَ إِنِّى رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    م-ل-أق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:90?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:90 include Quran 47:8 (Surah Muhammad), Quran 3:149 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 91:11 (Surah Ash-Shams), and Quran 23:34 (Surah Al-Muminoon). For example, 47:8 reads: “But those who disbelieve - for them is misery, and He will waste their deeds.” 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 7:90 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:90 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "If you should follow Shu'ayb, indeed, you would then be losers."”

Which surah is verse 7:90 in?

Quran 7:90 is āyah 90 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 7:90?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:90 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.