Surah Taa-Haa · Ayah 51·Makkī

51

فَمَا ﴿٥١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 5 words

Rarest here: ب-و-ل — 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 9 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 21 letters · āyah 51 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 26:25 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ

    [Pharaoh] said to those around him, "Do you not hear?"

  • Quran 7:143 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَ مُوسَىٰ لِمِيقَٰتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥ قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِىٓ أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ لَن تَرَىٰنِى وَلَٰكِنِ ٱنظُرْ إِلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُۥ فَسَوْفَ تَرَىٰنِى فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّىٰ رَبُّهُۥ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُۥ دَكًّا وَخَرَّ مُوسَىٰ صَعِقًا فَلَمَّآ أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    And when Moses arrived at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, "My Lord, show me [Yourself] that I may look at You." [Allah] said, "You will not see Me, but look…

  • Quran 26:23 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"

  • Quran 53:35 · An-Najmclose

    أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ

    Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?

  • Quran 20:35 · Taa-Haaclose

    إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا

    Indeed, You are of us ever Seeing."

  • Quran 26:18 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

    [Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?

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.

  • As-Saaffaat 37:512 shared roots

    قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌ

    ق-ر-نق-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:502 shared roots

    وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱئْتُونِى بِهِۦ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُ ٱلرَّسُولُ قَالَ ٱرْجِعْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَسْـَٔلْهُ مَا بَالُ ٱلنِّسْوَةِ ٱلَّٰتِى قَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ إِنَّ رَبِّى بِكَيْدِهِنَّ عَلِيمٌ

    ب-و-لق-و-ل

  • Qaaf 50:232 shared roots

    وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ

    ق-ر-نق-و-ل

  • Al-Qasas 28:432 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَآ أَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْقُرُونَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

    ق-ر-نأ-و-ل

  • Al-Kahf 18:832 shared roots

    وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَن ذِى ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ قُلْ سَأَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا

    ق-ر-نق-و-ل

  • Al-Waaqia 56:492 shared roots

    قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

    أ-و-لق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 20:51?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 20:51 include Quran 26:25 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 7:143 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 26:23 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 53:35 (Surah An-Najm). For example, 26:25 reads: “[Pharaoh] said to those around him, "Do you not hear?"” 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 20:51 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 20:51 (Surah Taa-Haa, Taa-Haa) reads: “[Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"”

Which surah is verse 20:51 in?

Quran 20:51 is āyah 51 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 20:51?

Tartīl presents Quran 20:51 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.