Surah Taa-Haa · Ayah 78·Makkī

78

فِرْعَوْنُ مِّنَ مَا ﴿٧٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, and there covered them from the sea that which covered them,

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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 8 words

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 37 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 78 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 2:50 · Al-Baqaraclose

    وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَنجَيْنَٰكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ

    And [recall] when We parted the sea for you and saved you and drowned the people of Pharaoh while you were looking on.

  • Quran 28:6 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَنُمَكِّنَ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَنُرِىَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَحْذَرُونَ

    And establish them in the land and show Pharaoh and [his minister] Haman and their soldiers through them that which they had feared.

  • Quran 20:60 · Taa-Haaclose

    فَتَوَلَّىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فَجَمَعَ كَيْدَهُۥ ثُمَّ أَتَىٰ

    So Pharaoh went away, put together his plan, and then came [to Moses].

  • Quran 26:65 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

    And We saved Moses and those with him, all together.

  • Quran 28:8 · Al-Qasasclose

    فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓ ءَالُ فِرْعَوْنَ لِيَكُونَ لَهُمْ عَدُوًّا وَحَزَنًا إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا كَانُوا۟ خَٰطِـِٔينَ

    And the family of Pharaoh picked him up [out of the river] so that he would become to them an enemy and a [cause of] grief. Indeed, Pharaoh and Haman and their soldiers were…

  • Quran 89:11 · Al-Fajrclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

    [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

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.

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:402 shared roots

    فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ

    ي-م-مج-ن-د

  • Al-Qasas 28:402 shared roots

    فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    ي-م-مج-ن-د

  • Yunus 10:902 shared roots

    وَجَٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ وَجُنُودُهُۥ بَغْيًا وَعَدْوًا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَدْرَكَهُ ٱلْغَرَقُ قَالَ ءَامَنتُ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنَتْ بِهِۦ بَنُوٓا۟ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ

    ج-ن-دت-ب-ع

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 20:78?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 20:78 include Quran 2:50 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 28:6 (Surah Al-Qasas), Quran 20:60 (Surah Taa-Haa), and Quran 26:65 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 2:50 reads: “And [recall] when We parted the sea for you and saved you and drowned the people of Pharaoh while you were looking on.” 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 20:78 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 20:78 (Surah Taa-Haa, Taa-Haa) reads: “So Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, and there covered them from the sea that which covered them,”

Which surah is verse 20:78 in?

Quran 20:78 is āyah 78 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 20:78?

Tartīl presents Quran 20:78 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.