Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 156·Madanī

156

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ إِنَّا وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ ﴿١٥٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return."

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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 · 4 roots in 5 of 10 words

Recitation · 16 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Idghām shafawī1
  • Ghunnah3
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 43 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 156 of 286

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.

  • قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يُنَجِّيكُم مِّنْهَا وَمِن كُلِّ كَرْبٍ ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ تُشْرِكُونَ

    Say, "It is Allah who saves you from it and from every distress; then you [still] associate others with Him."

  • وَإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى نَعِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ ثُمَّ ٱللَّهُ شَهِيدٌ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ

    And whether We show you some of what We promise them, [O Muhammad], or We take you in death, to Us is their return; then, [either way], Allah is a witness concerning what they are…

  • وَإِنَّ مِنكُمْ لَمَن لَّيُبَطِّئَنَّ فَإِنْ أَصَٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالَ قَدْ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىَّ إِذْ لَمْ أَكُن مَّعَهُمْ شَهِيدًا

    And indeed, there is among you he who lingers behind; and if disaster strikes you, he says, "Allah has favored me in that I was not present with them."

  • ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ وَٱلْمُقِيمِى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ

    Who, when Allah is mentioned, their hearts are fearful, and [to] the patient over what has afflicted them, and the establishers of prayer and those who spend from what We have…

  • سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِ قُلْ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    They will say, "[They belong] to Allah." Say, "Then will you not fear Him?"

  • فَإِذَا رَكِبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ إِذَا هُمْ يُشْرِكُونَ

    And when they board a ship, they supplicate Allah, sincere to Him in religion. But when He delivers them to the land, at once they associate others with Him

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-Anbiyaa 21:642 shared roots

    فَرَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    ر-ج-عق-و-ل

  • At-Tawba 9:513 shared roots

    قُل لَّن يُصِيبَنَآ إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَنَا هُوَ مَوْلَىٰنَا وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

    ص-و-بق-و-لأ-ل-ه

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1092 shared roots

    وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

    ر-ج-عأ-ل-ه

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1653 shared roots

    أَوَلَمَّآ أَصَٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَدْ أَصَبْتُم مِّثْلَيْهَا قُلْتُمْ أَنَّىٰ هَٰذَا قُلْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ أَنفُسِكُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    ص-و-بق-و-لأ-ل-ه

  • Hud 11:42 shared roots

    إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    ر-ج-عأ-ل-ه

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1662 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَصَٰبَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْتَقَى ٱلْجَمْعَانِ فَبِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    ص-و-بأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:156?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:156 include Quran 6:64 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 10:46 (Surah Yunus), Quran 4:72 (Surah An-Nisaa), and Quran 22:35 (Surah Al-Hajj). For example, 6:64 reads: “Say, "It is Allah who saves you from it and from every distress; then you [still] associate others with Him."” 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 2:156 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:156 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return."”

Which surah is verse 2:156 in?

Quran 2:156 is āyah 156 of Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow), chapter 2 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 286 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 2:156?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:156 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.