Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 209·Makkī

209

وَمَا ﴿٢٠٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

As a reminder; and never have We been unjust.

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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 4 words

Recitation · 7 points across 3 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 15 letters · āyah 209 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 28:59 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يَبْعَثَ فِىٓ أُمِّهَا رَسُولًا يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِى ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا وَأَهْلُهَا ظَٰلِمُونَ

    And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while…

  • Quran 15:5 · Al-Hijrclose

    مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ

    No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.

  • Quran 15:4 · Al-Hijrclose

    وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

    And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.

  • Quran 11:117 · Hudclose

    وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ

    And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers.

  • Quran 34:34 · Sabaclose

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

    And We did not send into a city any warner except that its affluent said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."

  • Quran 12:73 · Yusufclose

    قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَٰرِقِينَ

    They said, "By Allah, you have certainly known that we did not come to cause corruption in the land, and we have not been thieves."

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 43:762 shared roots

    وَمَا ظَلَمْنَٰهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    ظ-ل-مك-و-ن

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:142 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    ظ-ل-مك-و-ن

  • Al-Hijr 15:782 shared roots

    وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ

    ظ-ل-مك-و-ن

  • Al-Qalam 68:292 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    ظ-ل-مك-و-ن

  • As-Sajda 32:222 shared roots

    وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ ثُمَّ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهَآ إِنَّا مِنَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ مُنتَقِمُونَ

    ذ-ك-رظ-ل-م

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:2272 shared roots

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ

    ذ-ك-رظ-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:209?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:209 include Quran 28:59 (Surah Al-Qasas), Quran 15:5 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 15:4 (Surah Al-Hijr), and Quran 11:117 (Surah Hud). For example, 28:59 reads: “And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while…” 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 26:209 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:209 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “As a reminder; and never have We been unjust.”

Which surah is verse 26:209 in?

Quran 26:209 is āyah 209 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 26:209?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:209 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.