Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 123·Makkī

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Translation

Saheeh International

'Aad denied 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 · 3 roots in 3 of 3 words

Recitation · 4 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 15 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 123 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 26:176 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    The companions of the thicket denied the messengers

  • Quran 26:141 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    Thamud denied the messengers

  • Quran 7:65 · Al-A'raafvery close

    وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًا قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    And to the 'Aad [We sent] their brother Hud. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. Then will you not fear Him?"

  • Quran 26:160 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    The people of Lot denied the messengers

  • Quran 26:105 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    The people of Noah denied the messengers

  • Quran 26:140 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

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 26:123?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:123 include Quran 26:176 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:141 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 7:65 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 26:160 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 26:176 reads: “The companions of the thicket denied the messengers” 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 26:123 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:123 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “'Aad denied the messengers”

Which surah is verse 26:123 in?

Quran 26:123 is āyah 123 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 26:123?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:123 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.