Surah Taa-Haa · Ayah 20·Makkī

20

فَإِذَا هِىَ ﴿٢٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.

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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 · 5 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 20 letters · āyah 20 of 135

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 26:32 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

    So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.

  • Quran 20:66 · Taa-Haaclose

    قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ

    He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].

  • Quran 26:31 · Ash-Shu'araarelated

    قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    [Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful."

  • Quran 28:31 · Al-Qasasrelated

    وَأَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَقْبِلْ وَلَا تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْـَٔامِنِينَ

    And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it was a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allah said], "O Moses, approach and fear…

  • Quran 74:20 · Al-Muddaththirrelated

    ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

    Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

  • Quran 53:7 · An-Najmrelated

    وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

    While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.

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-Kahf 18:1042 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا

    س-ع-يح-ي-ي

  • Taa-Haa 20:662 shared roots

    قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ

    س-ع-يل-ق-ي

  • Taa-Haa 20:662 shared roots

    قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ

    س-ع-يل-ق-ي

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:442 shared roots

    تَحِيَّتُهُمْ يَوْمَ يَلْقَوْنَهُۥ سَلَٰمٌ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا كَرِيمًا

    ل-ق-يح-ي-ي

  • Al-Furqaan 25:752 shared roots

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُجْزَوْنَ ٱلْغُرْفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ وَيُلَقَّوْنَ فِيهَا تَحِيَّةً وَسَلَٰمًا

    ل-ق-يح-ي-ي

  • Al-Qasas 28:612 shared roots

    أَفَمَن وَعَدْنَٰهُ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ لَٰقِيهِ كَمَن مَّتَّعْنَٰهُ مَتَٰعَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ هُوَ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ

    ل-ق-يح-ي-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 20:20?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 20:20 include Quran 26:32 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 20:66 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 26:31 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 28:31 (Surah Al-Qasas). For example, 26:32 reads: “So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.” 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 20:20 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 20:20 (Surah Taa-Haa, Taa-Haa) reads: “So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.”

Which surah is verse 20:20 in?

Quran 20:20 is āyah 20 of Surah Taa-Haa (Taa-Haa), chapter 20 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 135 verses.

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

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