Surah Taa-Haa · Ayah 56·Makkī

56

وَلَقَدْ ﴿٥٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We certainly showed Pharaoh Our signs - all of them - but he denied and refused.

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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 6 words

Recitation · 8 points across 3 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 27 letters · āyah 56 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 79:21 · An-Naazi'aatclose

    فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

    But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

  • Quran 73:16 · Al-Muzzammilclose

    فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًا

    But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.

  • Quran 54:42 · Al-Qamarclose

    كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ

    They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.

  • Quran 44:32 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds.

  • Quran 26:139 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

  • Quran 17:59 · Al-Israarelated

    وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ إِلَّآ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ وَءَاتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ ٱلنَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُوا۟ بِهَا وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ إِلَّا تَخْوِيفًا

    And nothing has prevented Us from sending signs except that the former peoples denied them. And We gave Thamud the she-camel as a visible sign, but they wronged her. And We send…

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-Israa 17:892 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًا

    أ-ب-يك-ل-ل

  • An-Naba 78:282 shared roots

    وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا

    ك-ذ-بأ-ي-ي

  • Al-Israa 17:992 shared roots

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ أَجَلًا لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ فَأَبَى ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورًا

    أ-ب-ير-أ-ي

  • Al-Alaq 96:132 shared roots

    أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

    ك-ذ-بر-أ-ي

  • Al-Maa'un 107:12 shared roots

    أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ

    ك-ذ-بر-أ-ي

  • Al-Qamar 54:423 shared roots

    كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ

    ك-ذ-بك-ل-لأ-ي-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 20:56?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 20:56 include Quran 79:21 (Surah An-Naazi'aat), Quran 73:16 (Surah Al-Muzzammil), Quran 54:42 (Surah Al-Qamar), and Quran 44:32 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan). For example, 79:21 reads: “But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.” 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 20:56 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 20:56 (Surah Taa-Haa, Taa-Haa) reads: “And We certainly showed Pharaoh Our signs - all of them - but he denied and refused.”

Which surah is verse 20:56 in?

Quran 20:56 is āyah 56 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 20:56?

Tartīl presents Quran 20:56 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.