Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 59·Makkī

59

لَقَدْ نُوحًا إِلَىٰ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِنِّىٓ عَلَيْكُمْ ﴿٥٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

توحید؛ نخستین شعار پیامبران

شعار توحید نه تنها شعار نوح بلکه نخستین شعار همه پیامبران الهی بوده است. از این رو در آیات متعددی از همین سوره و سوره‌های دیگر قرآن» در آغاز دعوت بسیاری از پیامبران» شعار «یا قوم اعبدوا له ما لکم من اله غیره» (ای قوم من خداوند یگانه را پرستش کنید که معبودی جز او برای شما نیست) دیده می‌شود (ر.ک. به: یات ۶۵ و ۷۳ و ۸۵ همین سوره). از این جمله‌ها به خوبی استفاده می‌شود که شرک و بت‌پرستی» مهم ترین خار بر سر راه سعادت همه انسان‌ها بوده است و پیامبران(ع)» این باغبان‌های توحیدء برای تربیت انواع گل‌ها و درختان پرثمر در جوامع انسانی» پیش از هر چیز دامن همت به کمر می‌زدند تا با تعلیمات سازندةٌ خودء این خارهای مزاحم را ریشه‌کن کنند.

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 · 10 roots in 12 of 20 words

Recitation · 24 points across 8 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī12
  • Ikhfāʾ4
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Idghām shafawī2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

20 words · 75 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 59 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.

  • وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَقَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"

  • إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."

  • إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

    But not the chosen servants of Allah.

  • كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    The people of Noah denied the messengers

  • وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ نُوحٍ إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦ يَٰقَوْمِ إِن كَانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكُم مَّقَامِى وَتَذْكِيرِى بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ فَأَجْمِعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَكُمْ وَشُرَكَآءَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُنْ أَمْرُكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ غُمَّةً ثُمَّ ٱقْضُوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ وَلَا تُنظِرُونِ

    And recite to them the news of Noah, when he said to his people, "O my people, if my residence and my reminding of the signs of Allah has become burdensome upon you - then I have…

  • وَنُوحًا إِذْ نَادَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    And [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allah] before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great flood.

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:59?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:59 include Quran 23:23 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 71:1 (Surah Nooh), Quran 37:74 (Surah As-Saaffaat), and Quran 26:105 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 23:23 reads: “And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"” 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 7:59 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:59 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day.”

Which surah is verse 7:59 in?

Quran 7:59 is āyah 59 of Surah Al-A'raaf (The Heights), chapter 7 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 206 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 7:59?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 7:59 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 7:59?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:59 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.