Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 202·Makkī

202

وَهُمْ لَا ﴿٢٠٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not.

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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 5 words

Recitation · 6 points across 4 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 22 letters · āyah 202 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 21:40 · Al-Anbiyaavery close

    بَلْ تَأْتِيهِم بَغْتَةً فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

    Rather, it will come to them unexpectedly and bewilder them, and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be reprieved.

  • Quran 43:66 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?

  • Quran 79:13 · An-Naazi'aatclose

    فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

    Indeed, it will be but one shout,

  • Quran 29:53 · Al-Ankabootclose

    وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَلَوْلَآ أَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى لَّجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    And they urge you to hasten the punishment. And if not for [the decree of] a specified term, punishment would have reached them. But it will surely come to them suddenly while…

  • Quran 79:46 · An-Naazi'aatclose

    كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا

    It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.

  • Quran 54:2 · Al-Qamarclose

    وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ

    And if they see a miracle, they turn away and say, "Passing magic."

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-Zukhruf 43:663 shared roots

    هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    ب-غ-تش-ع-رأ-ت-ي

  • Az-Zumar 39:553 shared roots

    وَٱتَّبِعُوٓا۟ أَحْسَنَ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ

    ب-غ-تش-ع-رأ-ت-ي

  • Yusuf 12:1073 shared roots

    أَفَأَمِنُوٓا۟ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ غَٰشِيَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    ب-غ-تش-ع-رأ-ت-ي

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:533 shared roots

    وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَلَوْلَآ أَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى لَّجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    ب-غ-تش-ع-رأ-ت-ي

  • Al-A'raaf 7:952 shared roots

    ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّىٰ عَفَوا۟ وَّقَالُوا۟ قَدْ مَسَّ ءَابَآءَنَا ٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَٱلسَّرَّآءُ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    ب-غ-تش-ع-ر

  • Al-An'aam 6:472 shared roots

    قُلْ أَرَءَيْتَكُمْ إِنْ أَتَىٰكُمْ عَذَابُ ٱللَّهِ بَغْتَةً أَوْ جَهْرَةً هَلْ يُهْلَكُ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    ب-غ-تأ-ت-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:202?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:202 include Quran 21:40 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 43:66 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 79:13 (Surah An-Naazi'aat), and Quran 29:53 (Surah Al-Ankaboot). For example, 21:40 reads: “Rather, it will come to them unexpectedly and bewilder them, and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be reprieved.” 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 26:202 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:202 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not.”

Which surah is verse 26:202 in?

Quran 26:202 is āyah 202 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 26:202?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:202 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.