Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 149·Makkī

149

مِنَ ﴿١٤٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 5 words

Rarest here: ف-ر-ه — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 9 points across 4 rule families

  • Iẓhār2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 25 letters · āyah 149 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 26:130 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

    And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.

  • Quran 3:15 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    قُلْ أَؤُنَبِّئُكُم بِخَيْرٍ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمْ لِلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَأَزْوَٰجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ وَرِضْوَٰنٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ

    Say, "Shall I inform you of [something] better than that? For those who fear Allah will be gardens in the presence of their Lord beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide…

  • Quran 2:22 · Al-Baqaraclose

    ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فِرَٰشًا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزْقًا لَّكُمْ فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not…

  • Quran 3:132 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

    And obey Allah and the Messenger that you may obtain mercy.

  • Quran 26:133 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَٰمٍ وَبَنِينَ

    Provided you with grazing livestock and children

  • Quran 78:31 · An-Nabaclose

    إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

    Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

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.

  • Al-Hijr 15:823 shared roots

    وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ

    ن-ح-تج-ب-لب-ي-ت

  • Al-A'raaf 7:743 shared roots

    وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُورًا وَتَنْحِتُونَ ٱلْجِبَالَ بُيُوتًا فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

    ن-ح-تج-ب-لب-ي-ت

  • An-Nahl 16:682 shared roots

    وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلنَّحْلِ أَنِ ٱتَّخِذِى مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ

    ج-ب-لب-ي-ت

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:149?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:149 include Quran 26:130 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 3:15 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 2:22 (Surah Al-Baqara), and Quran 3:132 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan). For example, 26:130 reads: “And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.” 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 26:149 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:149 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.”

Which surah is verse 26:149 in?

Quran 26:149 is āyah 149 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 26:149?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:149 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.