Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 55·Madanī

55

وَإِذْ يَٰمُوسَىٰ لَن لَكَ حَتَّىٰ وَأَنتُمْ ﴿٥٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allah outright"; so the thunderbolt took you while you were looking on.

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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 · 8 roots in 8 of 14 words

Recitation · 20 points across 7 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)4
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

14 words · 58 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 55 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.

  • Quran 7:143 · Al-A'raafvery close

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَ مُوسَىٰ لِمِيقَٰتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥ قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِىٓ أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ لَن تَرَىٰنِى وَلَٰكِنِ ٱنظُرْ إِلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُۥ فَسَوْفَ تَرَىٰنِى فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّىٰ رَبُّهُۥ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُۥ دَكًّا وَخَرَّ مُوسَىٰ صَعِقًا فَلَمَّآ أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    And when Moses arrived at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, "My Lord, show me [Yourself] that I may look at You." [Allah] said, "You will not see Me, but look…

  • Quran 20:35 · Taa-Haaclose

    إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا

    Indeed, You are of us ever Seeing."

  • Quran 26:11 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ

    The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Allah?"

  • Quran 20:67 · Taa-Haaclose

    فَأَوْجَسَ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ خِيفَةً مُّوسَىٰ

    And he sensed within himself apprehension, did Moses.

  • Quran 33:69 · Al-Ahzaabclose

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاذَوْا۟ مُوسَىٰ فَبَرَّأَهُ ٱللَّهُ مِمَّا قَالُوا۟ وَكَانَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَجِيهًا

    O you who have believed, be not like those who abused Moses; then Allah cleared him of what they said. And he, in the sight of Allah, was distinguished.

  • Quran 11:54 · Hudclose

    إِن نَّقُولُ إِلَّا ٱعْتَرَىٰكَ بَعْضُ ءَالِهَتِنَا بِسُوٓءٍ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أُشْهِدُ ٱللَّهَ وَٱشْهَدُوٓا۟ أَنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ

    We only say that some of our gods have possessed you with evil." He said, "Indeed, I call Allah to witness, and witness [yourselves] that I am free from whatever you associate…

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.

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:443 shared roots

    فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

    ص-ع-قن-ظ-رأ-خ-ذ

  • An-Nisaa 4:1535 shared roots

    يَسْـَٔلُكَ أَهْلُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ أَن تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ كِتَٰبًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَقَدْ سَأَلُوا۟ مُوسَىٰٓ أَكْبَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَرِنَا ٱللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ بِظُلْمِهِمْ ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ فَعَفَوْنَا عَن ذَٰلِكَ وَءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ سُلْطَٰنًا مُّبِينًا

    ص-ع-قج-ه-رأ-خ-ذر-أ-يق-و-ل

  • Az-Zumar 39:683 shared roots

    وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَصَعِقَ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ نُفِخَ فِيهِ أُخْرَىٰ فَإِذَا هُمْ قِيَامٌ يَنظُرُونَ

    ص-ع-قن-ظ-رأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:1102 shared roots

    إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْتُمُونَ

    ج-ه-رق-و-ل

  • Al-A'laa 87:72 shared roots

    إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

    ج-ه-رأ-ل-ه

  • Saad 38:802 shared roots

    قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ

    ن-ظ-رق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:55?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:55 include Quran 7:143 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 20:35 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 26:11 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 20:67 (Surah Taa-Haa). For example, 7:143 reads: “And when Moses arrived at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, "My Lord, show me [Yourself] that I may look at You." [Allah] said, "You will not see Me, but look…” 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 2:55 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:55 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allah outright"; so the thunderbolt took you while you were looking on.”

Which surah is verse 2:55 in?

Quran 2:55 is āyah 55 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 2:55?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:55 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.