Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 252·Madanī

252

تِلْكَ عَلَيْكَ وَإِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ﴿٢٥٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

These are the verses of Allah which We recite to you, [O Muhammad], in truth. And indeed, you are from among the messengers.

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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 9 words

Recitation · 10 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 41 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 252 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.

  • تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ وَءَايَٰتِهِۦ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    These are the verses of Allah which We recite to you in truth. Then in what statement after Allah and His verses will they believe?

  • وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

    By the wise Qur'an.

  • تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ ظُلْمًا لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    These are the verses of Allah. We recite them to you, [O Muhammad], in truth; and Allah wants no injustice to the worlds.

  • وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِّن قَبْلِكَ مِنْهُم مَّن قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن لَّمْ نَقْصُصْ عَلَيْكَ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ قُضِىَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

    And We have already sent messengers before you. Among them are those [whose stories] We have related to you, and among them are those [whose stories] We have not related to you…

  • وَقُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ سَيُرِيكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ فَتَعْرِفُونَهَا وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

    And say, "[All] praise is [due] to Allah. He will show you His signs, and you will recognize them. And your Lord is not unaware of what you do."

  • ذَٰلِكَ نَتْلُوهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ وَٱلذِّكْرِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

    This is what We recite to you, [O Muhammad], of [Our] verses and the precise [and wise] message.

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.

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1084 shared roots

    تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ ظُلْمًا لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ت-ل-وح-ق-قأ-ي-يأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:64 shared roots

    تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ وَءَايَٰتِهِۦ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ت-ل-وح-ق-قأ-ي-يأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Muminoon 23:1052 shared roots

    أَلَمْ تَكُنْ ءَايَٰتِى تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَكُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

    ت-ل-وأ-ي-ي

  • Al-Qasas 28:32 shared roots

    نَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكَ مِن نَّبَإِ مُوسَىٰ وَفِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ت-ل-وح-ق-ق

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:73 shared roots

    وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ هَٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

    ت-ل-وح-ق-قأ-ي-ي

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:582 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ نَتْلُوهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ وَٱلذِّكْرِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

    ت-ل-وأ-ي-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:252?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:252 include Quran 45:6 (Surah Al-Jaathiya), Quran 36:2 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 3:108 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), and Quran 40:78 (Surah Al-Ghaafir). For example, 45:6 reads: “These are the verses of Allah which We recite to you in truth. Then in what statement after Allah and His verses will they believe?” 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 2:252 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:252 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “These are the verses of Allah which We recite to you, [O Muhammad], in truth. And indeed, you are from among the messengers.”

Which surah is verse 2:252 in?

Quran 2:252 is āyah 252 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 2:252?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:252 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.