Surah Yaseen · Ayah 20·Makkī

20

مِنْ ﴿٢٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And there came from the farthest end of the city a man, running. He said, "O my people, follow the messengers.

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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 · 9 roots in 9 of 10 words

Rarest here: ق-ص-و 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 13 points across 5 rule families

  • Iẓhār2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 45 letters · āyah 20 of 83

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.

  • وَجَآءَ رَجُلٌ مِّنْ أَقْصَا ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ ٱلْمَلَأَ يَأْتَمِرُونَ بِكَ لِيَقْتُلُوكَ فَٱخْرُجْ إِنِّى لَكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ

    And a man came from the farthest end of the city, running. He said, "O Moses, indeed the eminent ones are conferring over you [intending] to kill you, so leave [the city]; indeed…

  • وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

    And his mother and his father

  • فَخَرَجَ مِنْهَا خَآئِفًا يَتَرَقَّبُ قَالَ رَبِّ نَجِّنِى مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    So he left it, fearful and anticipating [apprehension]. He said, "My Lord, save me from the wrongdoing people."

  • وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَآءَهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

    And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it -

  • إِلَّا مَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَسْلُكُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ رَصَدًا

    Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before each messenger and behind him observers

  • فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّوا۟ بَأْسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ

    And when its inhabitants perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.

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-Qasas 28:205 shared roots

    وَجَآءَ رَجُلٌ مِّنْ أَقْصَا ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ ٱلْمَلَأَ يَأْتَمِرُونَ بِكَ لِيَقْتُلُوكَ فَٱخْرُجْ إِنِّى لَكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ

    ق-ص-وم-د-نس-ع-ير-ج-لج-ي-أ

  • Abasa 80:82 shared roots

    وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

    س-ع-يج-ي-أ

  • Al-Hijr 15:672 shared roots

    وَجَآءَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ

    م-د-نج-ي-أ

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:532 shared roots

    فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ

    م-د-نر-س-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1113 shared roots

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَرْسِلْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ

    م-د-نر-س-لق-و-ل

  • Al-Israa 17:473 shared roots

    نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَىٰٓ إِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا

    ر-ج-لت-ب-عق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 36:20?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 36:20 include Quran 28:20 (Surah Al-Qasas), Quran 80:35 (Surah Abasa), Quran 28:21 (Surah Al-Qasas), and Quran 36:13 (Surah Yaseen). For example, 28:20 reads: “And a man came from the farthest end of the city, running. He said, "O Moses, indeed the eminent ones are conferring over you [intending] to kill you, so leave [the city]; indeed…” 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 36:20 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 36:20 (Surah Yaseen, Yaseen) reads: “And there came from the farthest end of the city a man, running. He said, "O my people, follow the messengers.”

Which surah is verse 36:20 in?

Quran 36:20 is āyah 20 of Surah Yaseen (Yaseen), chapter 36 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 83 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 36:20?

Tartīl presents Quran 36:20 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.