Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 221·Makkī

221

هَلْ عَلَىٰ مَن ﴿٢٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

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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 6 words

Recitation · 6 points across 4 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 24 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 221 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 68:6 · Al-Qalamclose

    بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ

    Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].

  • Quran 81:25 · At-Takwirclose

    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

    And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

  • Quran 96:17 · Al-Alaqclose

    فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ

    Then let him call his associates;

  • Quran 114:4 · An-Naasclose

    مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ

    From the evil of the retreating whisperer -

  • Quran 26:185 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ

    They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

  • Quran 7:175 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَٱنسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ

    And recite to them, [O Muhammad], the news of him to whom we gave [knowledge of] Our signs, but he detached himself from them; so Satan pursued him, and he became of the deviators.

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:2102 shared roots

    وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ

    ش-ط-نن-ز-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:2102 shared roots

    وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ

    ش-ط-نن-ز-ل

  • Al-Maaida 5:812 shared roots

    وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلنَّبِىِّ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَا ٱتَّخَذُوهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَٰكِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ

    ن-ب-أن-ز-ل

  • Luqman 31:212 shared roots

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

    ش-ط-نن-ز-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1752 shared roots

    وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَٱنسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ

    ش-ط-نن-ب-أ

  • Al-Hajj 22:522 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ وَلَا نَبِىٍّ إِلَّآ إِذَا تَمَنَّىٰٓ أَلْقَى ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ فِىٓ أُمْنِيَّتِهِۦ فَيَنسَخُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يُلْقِى ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ ثُمَّ يُحْكِمُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

    ش-ط-نن-ب-أ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:221?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:221 include Quran 68:6 (Surah Al-Qalam), Quran 81:25 (Surah At-Takwir), Quran 96:17 (Surah Al-Alaq), and Quran 114:4 (Surah An-Naas). For example, 68:6 reads: “Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].” 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 26:221 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:221 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?”

Which surah is verse 26:221 in?

Quran 26:221 is āyah 221 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 26:221?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:221 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.