Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 177·Makkī

177

ٱلَّذِينَ ﴿١٧٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

How evil an example [is that of] the people who denied Our signs and used to wrong themselves.

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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 · 8 roots in 8 of 9 words

Recitation · 12 points across 4 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 47 letters · āyah 177 of 206

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 6:49 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَمَسُّهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

    But those who deny Our verses - the punishment will touch them for their defiant disobedience.

  • Quran 29:4 · Al-Ankabootclose

    أَمْ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَسْبِقُونَا سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

    Or do those who do evil deeds think they can outrun Us? Evil is what they judge.

  • Quran 30:10 · Ar-Roomclose

    ثُمَّ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔوا۟ ٱلسُّوٓأَىٰٓ أَن كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَكَانُوا۟ بِهَا يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    Then the end of those who did evil was the worst [consequence] because they denied the signs of Allah and used to ridicule them.

  • Quran 71:24 · Noohclose

    وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلًا

    And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."

  • Quran 60:2 · Al-Mumtahanaclose

    إِن يَثْقَفُوكُمْ يَكُونُوا۟ لَكُمْ أَعْدَآءً وَيَبْسُطُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَلْسِنَتَهُم بِٱلسُّوٓءِ وَوَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ

    If they gain dominance over you, they would be to you as enemies and extend against you their hands and their tongues with evil, and they wish you would disbelieve.

  • Quran 5:79 · Al-Maaidaclose

    كَانُوا۟ لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَن مُّنكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

    They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.

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.

  • An-Naba 78:282 shared roots

    وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا

    ك-ذ-بأ-ي-ي

  • Fussilat 41:463 shared roots

    مَّنْ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ وَمَنْ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيْهَا وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

    س-و-أن-ف-سظ-ل-م

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:775 shared roots

    وَنَصَرْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    س-و-أك-ذ-بأ-ي-يق-و-مك-و-ن

  • An-Nisaa 4:1103 shared roots

    وَمَن يَعْمَلْ سُوٓءًا أَوْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُۥ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرِ ٱللَّهَ يَجِدِ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

    س-و-أن-ف-سظ-ل-م

  • Al-An'aam 6:1603 shared roots

    مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجْزَىٰٓ إِلَّا مِثْلَهَا وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

    م-ث-لس-و-أظ-ل-م

  • Ar-Room 30:104 shared roots

    ثُمَّ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔوا۟ ٱلسُّوٓأَىٰٓ أَن كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَكَانُوا۟ بِهَا يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    س-و-أك-ذ-بأ-ي-يك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:177?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:177 include Quran 6:49 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 29:4 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), Quran 30:10 (Surah Ar-Room), and Quran 71:24 (Surah Nooh). For example, 6:49 reads: “But those who deny Our verses - the punishment will touch them for their defiant disobedience.” 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 7:177 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:177 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “How evil an example [is that of] the people who denied Our signs and used to wrong themselves.”

Which surah is verse 7:177 in?

Quran 7:177 is āyah 177 of Surah Al-A'raaf (The Heights), chapter 7 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 206 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 7:177?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:177 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.