Surah Al-Muminoon · Ayah 47·Makkī

47

لَنَا ﴿٤٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"

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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 7 words

Recitation · 8 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 37 letters · āyah 47 of 118

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 10:78 · Yunusclose

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَلْفِتَنَا عَمَّا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَا وَتَكُونَ لَكُمَا ٱلْكِبْرِيَآءُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكُمَا بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

    They said, "Have you come to us to turn us away from that upon which we found our fathers and so that you two may have grandeur in the land? And we are not believers in you."

  • Quran 26:111 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ

    They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]?"

  • Quran 43:14 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    وَإِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ

    And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."

  • Quran 68:31 · Al-Qalamclose

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ

    They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.

  • Quran 11:40 · Hudclose

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ قُلْنَا ٱحْمِلْ فِيهَا مِن كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَوْلُ وَمَنْ ءَامَنَ وَمَآ ءَامَنَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ

    [So it was], until when Our command came and the oven overflowed, We said, "Load upon the ship of each [creature] two mates and your family, except those about whom the word has…

  • Quran 54:24 · Al-Qamarclose

    فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

    And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 23:47?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 23:47 include Quran 10:78 (Surah Yunus), Quran 26:111 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 43:14 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), and Quran 68:31 (Surah Al-Qalam). For example, 10:78 reads: “They said, "Have you come to us to turn us away from that upon which we found our fathers and so that you two may have grandeur in the land? And we are not believers in you."” 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 23:47 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 23:47 (Surah Al-Muminoon, The Believers) reads: “They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"”

Which surah is verse 23:47 in?

Quran 23:47 is āyah 47 of Surah Al-Muminoon (The Believers), chapter 23 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 118 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 23:47?

Tartīl presents Quran 23:47 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.