Surah Al-Qasas · Ayah 31·Makkī

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وَأَنْ فَلَمَّا كَأَنَّهَا وَلَمْ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ وَلَا إِنَّكَ مِنَ ﴿٣١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it was a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allah said], "O Moses, approach and fear not. Indeed, you are of the secure.

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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 · 11 roots in 11 of 19 words

Rarest here: ه-ز-ز 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 26 points across 7 rule families

  • Iẓhār3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī12
  • Ghunnah4
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Qalqalah3
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

19 words · 74 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 31 of 88

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.

  • وَأَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ يَٰمُوسَىٰ لَا تَخَفْ إِنِّى لَا يَخَافُ لَدَىَّ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

    And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allah said], "O Moses, fear not. Indeed, in…

  • فَأَوْجَسَ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ خِيفَةً مُّوسَىٰ

    And he sensed within himself apprehension, did Moses.

  • يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    O Moses, indeed it is I - Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

  • قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَٰمُوسَىٰ

    [Allah] said, "Throw it down, O Moses."

  • فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    And he showed him the greatest sign,

  • قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    [Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful."

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 28:31?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 28:31 include Quran 27:10 (Surah An-Naml), Quran 20:67 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 27:9 (Surah An-Naml), and Quran 20:19 (Surah Taa-Haa). For example, 27:10 reads: “And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allah said], "O Moses, fear not. Indeed, in…” 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 28:31 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 28:31 (Surah Al-Qasas, The Stories) reads: “And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it was a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allah said], "O Moses, approach and fear not. Indeed, you are of the secure.”

Which surah is verse 28:31 in?

Quran 28:31 is āyah 31 of Surah Al-Qasas (The Stories), chapter 28 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 88 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 28:31?

Tartīl presents Quran 28:31 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.