Surah Taa-Haa · Ayah 70·Makkī

70

هَٰرُونَ وَمُوسَىٰ﴿٧٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So the magicians fell down in prostration. They said, "We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses."

Compare all 34 translations →

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 · 6 roots in 6 of 8 words

Recitation · 14 points across 5 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 37 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 70 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 26:47 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,

  • Quran 26:46 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ

    So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah].

  • Quran 10:80 · Yunusclose

    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 7:120 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ

    And the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah].

  • Quran 26:48 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ

    The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

  • Quran 10:79 · Yunusclose

    وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱئْتُونِى بِكُلِّ سَٰحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ

    And Pharaoh said, "Bring to me every learned magician."

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 20:70?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 20:70 include Quran 26:47 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:46 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 10:80 (Surah Yunus), and Quran 7:120 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 26:47 reads: “They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,” 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 20:70 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 20:70 (Surah Taa-Haa, Taa-Haa) reads: “So the magicians fell down in prostration. They said, "We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses."”

Which surah is verse 20:70 in?

Quran 20:70 is āyah 70 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 20:70?

Tartīl presents Quran 20:70 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.