Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 163·Madanī

163

لَّآ إِلَّا هُوَ ﴿١٦٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And your god is one God. There is no deity [worthy of worship] except Him, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

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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 · 3 roots in 6 of 9 words

Recitation · 14 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Heavy rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 34 letters · āyah 163 of 286

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 20:98 · Taa-Haavery close

    إِنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا

    Your god is only Allah, except for whom there is no deity. He has encompassed all things in knowledge."

  • Quran 6:102 · Al-An'aamvery close

    ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَكِيلٌ

    That is Allah, your Lord; there is no deity except Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He is Disposer of all things.

  • Quran 40:65 · Al-Ghaafirvery close

    هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱدْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    He is the Ever-Living; there is no deity except Him, so call upon Him, [being] sincere to Him in religion. [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

  • Quran 16:51 · An-Nahlvery close

    وَقَالَ ٱللَّهُ لَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ إِلَٰهَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ فَإِيَّٰىَ فَٱرْهَبُونِ

    And Allah has said, "Do not take for yourselves two deities. He is but one God, so fear only Me."

  • Quran 16:18 · An-Nahlclose

    وَإِن تَعُدُّوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    And if you should count the favors of Allah, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

  • Quran 28:88 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُۥ لَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    And do not invoke with Allah another deity. There is no deity except Him. Everything will be destroyed except His Face. His is the judgement, and to Him you will be returned.

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.

  • As-Saaffaat 37:42 shared roots

    إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌ

    و-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • Ash-Shura 42:83 shared roots

    وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَهُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَلَٰكِن يُدْخِلُ مَن يَشَآءُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦ وَٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ مَا لَهُم مِّن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

    و-ح-در-ح-مأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:1082 shared roots

    قُلْ إِنَّمَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ

    و-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • Saad 38:52 shared roots

    أَجَعَلَ ٱلْـَٔالِهَةَ إِلَٰهًا وَٰحِدًا إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌ

    و-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • Saad 38:652 shared roots

    قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرٌ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ

    و-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:842 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا۟ بَأْسَنَا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَكَفَرْنَا بِمَا كُنَّا بِهِۦ مُشْرِكِينَ

    و-ح-دأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:163?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:163 include Quran 20:98 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 6:102 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 40:65 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), and Quran 16:51 (Surah An-Nahl). For example, 20:98 reads: “Your god is only Allah, except for whom there is no deity. He has encompassed all things in knowledge."” 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 2:163 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:163 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “And your god is one God. There is no deity [worthy of worship] except Him, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.”

Which surah is verse 2:163 in?

Quran 2:163 is āyah 163 of Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow), chapter 2 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 286 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 2:163?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:163 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.