Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 166·Madanī

166

إِذْ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ بِهِمُ ﴿١٦٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[And they should consider that] when those who have been followed disassociate themselves from those who followed [them], and they [all] see the punishment, and cut off from them are the ties [of relationship],

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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 · 6 roots in 7 of 12 words

Recitation · 10 points across 3 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Lām qamariyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 57 letters · āyah 166 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 3:105 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ تَفَرَّقُوا۟ وَٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

    And do not be like the ones who became divided and differed after the clear proofs had come to them. And those will have a great punishment.

  • 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 26:216 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

    And if they disobey you, then say, "Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing."

  • Quran 14:13 · Ibrahimclose

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِرُسُلِهِمْ لَنُخْرِجَنَّكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِنَآ أَوْ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِى مِلَّتِنَا فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ لَنُهْلِكَنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    And those who disbelieved said to their messengers, "We will surely drive you out of our land, or you must return to our religion." So their Lord inspired to them, "We will surely…

  • Quran 7:135 · Al-A'raafclose

    فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلرِّجْزَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ هُم بَٰلِغُوهُ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ

    But when We removed the punishment from them until a term which they were to reach, then at once they broke their word.

  • Quran 37:33 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

    So indeed they, that Day, will be sharing in the punishment.

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-Kahf 18:922 shared roots

    ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا

    س-ب-بت-ب-ع

  • Al-Kahf 18:892 shared roots

    ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا

    س-ب-بت-ب-ع

  • Al-Kahf 18:852 shared roots

    فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا

    س-ب-بت-ب-ع

  • Al-Hajj 22:152 shared roots

    مَن كَانَ يَظُنُّ أَن لَّن يَنصُرَهُ ٱللَّهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ بِسَبَبٍ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ثُمَّ لْيَقْطَعْ فَلْيَنظُرْ هَلْ يُذْهِبَنَّ كَيْدُهُۥ مَا يَغِيظُ

    س-ب-بق-ط-ع

  • Al-Baqara 2:1673 shared roots

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تَبَرَّءُوا۟ مِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ يُرِيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ حَسَرَٰتٍ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَا هُم بِخَٰرِجِينَ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ

    ب-ر-أت-ب-عر-أ-ي

  • Al-Baqara 2:1673 shared roots

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تَبَرَّءُوا۟ مِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ يُرِيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ حَسَرَٰتٍ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَا هُم بِخَٰرِجِينَ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ

    ب-ر-أت-ب-عر-أ-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:166?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:166 include Quran 3:105 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 6:49 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 26:216 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 14:13 (Surah Ibrahim). For example, 3:105 reads: “And do not be like the ones who became divided and differed after the clear proofs had come to them. And those will have a great punishment.” 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 2:166 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:166 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “[And they should consider that] when those who have been followed disassociate themselves from those who followed [them], and they [all] see the punishment, and cut off from them are the ties [of relationship],”

Which surah is verse 2:166 in?

Quran 2:166 is āyah 166 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 2:166?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:166 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.