Surah Taa-Haa · Ayah 65·Makkī

65

يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن وَإِمَّآ أَن مَنْ ﴿٦٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."

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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 5 of 11 words

Recitation · 13 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Ghunnah3
  • Ikhfāʾ3

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 38 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 65 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 26:43 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

    Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."

  • Quran 10:80 · Yunusvery close

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

    So when the magicians came, Moses said to them, "Throw down whatever you will throw."

  • Quran 26:60 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ

    So they pursued them at sunrise.

  • Quran 7:155 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَٱخْتَارَ مُوسَىٰ قَوْمَهُۥ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا لِّمِيقَٰتِنَا فَلَمَّآ أَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ أَهْلَكْتَهُم مِّن قَبْلُ وَإِيَّٰىَ أَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَّآ إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَهْدِى مَن تَشَآءُ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْغَٰفِرِينَ

    And Moses chose from his people seventy men for Our appointment. And when the earthquake seized them, he said, "My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before…

  • Quran 23:48 · Al-Muminoonclose

    فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُهْلَكِينَ

    So they denied them and were of those destroyed.

  • Quran 5:22 · Al-Maaidaclose

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ فِيهَا قَوْمًا جَبَّارِينَ وَإِنَّا لَن نَّدْخُلَهَا حَتَّىٰ يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّا دَٰخِلُونَ

    They said, "O Moses, indeed within it is a people of tyrannical strength, and indeed, we will never enter it until they leave it; but if they leave it, then we will enter."

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 20:65?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 20:65 include Quran 26:43 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 10:80 (Surah Yunus), Quran 26:60 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 7:155 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 26:43 reads: “Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."” 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 20:65 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 20:65 (Surah Taa-Haa, Taa-Haa) reads: “They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."”

Which surah is verse 20:65 in?

Quran 20:65 is āyah 65 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 20:65?

Tartīl presents Quran 20:65 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.