Surah Saba · Ayah 20·Makkī

20

وَلَقَدْ عَلَيْهِمْ إِبْلِيسُ إِلَّا مِّنَ ﴿٢٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And Iblees had already confirmed through them his assumption, so they followed him, except for a party of believers.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 10 words

Recitation · 13 points across 7 rule families

  • Qalqalah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Ghunnah2
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 45 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 20 of 54

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 98:1 · Al-Bayyinaclose

    لَمْ يَكُنِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ مُنفَكِّينَ حَتَّىٰ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَةُ

    Those who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists were not to be parted [from misbelief] until there came to them clear evidence -

  • Quran 47:25 · Muhammadclose

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱرْتَدُّوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَٰرِهِم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَى ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ سَوَّلَ لَهُمْ وَأَمْلَىٰ لَهُمْ

    Indeed, those who reverted back [to disbelief] after guidance had become clear to them - Satan enticed them and prolonged hope for them.

  • Quran 7:30 · Al-A'raafclose

    فَرِيقًا هَدَىٰ وَفَرِيقًا حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةُ إِنَّهُمُ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ

    A group [of you] He guided, and a group deserved [to be in] error. Indeed, they had taken the devils as allies instead of Allah while they thought that they were guided.

  • Quran 40:25 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَبْنَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ وَٱسْتَحْيُوا۟ نِسَآءَهُمْ وَمَا كَيْدُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍ

    And when he brought them the truth from Us, they said, "Kill the sons of those who have believed with him and keep their women alive." But the plan of the disbelievers is not…

  • Quran 26:111 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ

    They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]?"

  • Quran 33:22 · Al-Ahzaabclose

    وَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلْأَحْزَابَ قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَصَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَمَا زَادَهُمْ إِلَّآ إِيمَٰنًا وَتَسْلِيمًا

    And when the believers saw the companies, they said, "This is what Allah and His Messenger had promised us, and Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth." And it increased them…

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-Qiyaama 75:282 shared roots

    وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

    ظ-ن-نف-ر-ق

  • An-Najm 53:282 shared roots

    وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا

    ظ-ن-نت-ب-ع

  • Yunus 10:362 shared roots

    وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ إِلَّا ظَنًّا إِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ

    ظ-ن-نت-ب-ع

  • Al-Qasas 28:492 shared roots

    قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَٰبٍ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْهُمَآ أَتَّبِعْهُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    ص-د-قت-ب-ع

  • Al-An'aam 6:1532 shared roots

    وَأَنَّ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطِى مُسْتَقِيمًا فَٱتَّبِعُوهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلسُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ ذَٰلِكُمْ وَصَّىٰكُم بِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

    ف-ر-قت-ب-ع

  • At-Tawba 9:1192 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَكُونُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    ص-د-قأ-م-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 34:20?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 34:20 include Quran 98:1 (Surah Al-Bayyina), Quran 47:25 (Surah Muhammad), Quran 7:30 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 40:25 (Surah Al-Ghaafir). For example, 98:1 reads: “Those who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists were not to be parted [from misbelief] until there came to them clear evidence -” 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 34:20 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 34:20 (Surah Saba, Sheba) reads: “And Iblees had already confirmed through them his assumption, so they followed him, except for a party of believers.”

Which surah is verse 34:20 in?

Quran 34:20 is āyah 20 of Surah Saba (Sheba), chapter 34 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 54 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 34:20?

Tartīl presents Quran 34:20 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.