Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 102·Makkī

102

فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا مِنَ ﴿١٠٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of the believers... "

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 7 words

Rarest here: ك-ر-ر — 6× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 7 points across 5 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 26 letters · āyah 102 of 227

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 6:27 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ وُقِفُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ فَقَالُوا۟ يَٰلَيْتَنَا نُرَدُّ وَلَا نُكَذِّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّنَا وَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    If you could but see when they are made to stand before the Fire and will say, "Oh, would that we could be returned [to life on earth] and not deny the signs of our Lord and be…

  • Quran 10:103 · Yunusclose

    ثُمَّ نُنَجِّى رُسُلَنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نُنجِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    Then We will save our messengers and those who have believed. Thus, it is an obligation upon Us that We save the believers

  • Quran 26:50 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

    They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return.

  • Quran 37:167 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ

    And indeed, the disbelievers used to say,

  • Quran 79:10 · An-Naazi'aatclose

    يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

    They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

  • Quran 27:67 · An-Namlclose

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا وَءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخْرَجُونَ

    And those who disbelieve say, "When we have become dust as well as our forefathers, will we indeed be brought out [of the graves]?

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.

  • Az-Zumar 39:582 shared roots

    أَوْ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى ٱلْعَذَابَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِى كَرَّةً فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

    ك-ر-رك-و-ن

  • As-Saaffaat 37:292 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

    أ-م-نك-و-ن

  • Yunus 10:632 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ

    أ-م-نك-و-ن

  • Hud 11:1212 shared roots

    وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنَّا عَٰمِلُونَ

    أ-م-نك-و-ن

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:352 shared roots

    فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    أ-م-نك-و-ن

  • Al-Haaqqa 69:332 shared roots

    إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    أ-م-نك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:102?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:102 include Quran 6:27 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 10:103 (Surah Yunus), Quran 26:50 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 37:167 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 6:27 reads: “If you could but see when they are made to stand before the Fire and will say, "Oh, would that we could be returned [to life on earth] and not deny the signs of our Lord and be…” 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 26:102 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:102 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of the believers... "”

Which surah is verse 26:102 in?

Quran 26:102 is āyah 102 of Surah Ash-Shu'araa (The Poets), chapter 26 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 227 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 26:102?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:102 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.