Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 161·Makkī

161

إِذْ لَهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا ﴿١٦١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

When their brother Lot said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?

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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

Recitation · 8 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Iẓhār1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 24 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 161 of 227

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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 26:124 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    When their brother Hud said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?

  • Quran 26:142 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    When their brother Salih said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?

  • Quran 26:106 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    When their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?

  • Quran 26:125 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

    Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

  • Quran 15:70 · Al-Hijrvery close

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"

  • Quran 23:87 · Al-Muminoonclose

    سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِ قُلْ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    They will say, "[They belong] to Allah." Say, "Then will you not fear Him?"

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 26:161?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:161 include Quran 26:124 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:142 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:106 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 26:125 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 26:124 reads: “When their brother Hud said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?” 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 26:161 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:161 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “When their brother Lot said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?”

Which surah is verse 26:161 in?

Quran 26:161 is āyah 161 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 26:161?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:161 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.