Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 253·Madanī

253

تِلْكَ عَلَىٰ مِّنْهُم مَّن عِيسَى مَرْيَمَ وَلَوْ مَا ٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ مِّنۢ مَا وَلَٰكِنِ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ وَمِنْهُم مَّن وَلَوْ مَا وَلَٰكِنَّ مَا ﴿٢٥٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Those messengers - some of them We caused to exceed others. Among them were those to whom Allah spoke, and He raised some of them in degree. And We gave Jesus, the Son of Mary, clear proofs, and We supported him with the Pure Spirit. If Allah had willed, those [generations] succeeding them would not have fought each other after the clear proofs had come to them. But they differed, and some of them believed and some of them disbelieved. And if Allah had willed, they would not have fought each other, but Allah does what He intends.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

فضیلت بعضی از پیامبران بر بعضی دیگر

روشن است که همةٌ پیامبران از آن جهمت که از طرف خداوند فرستاده شدهاند و حامل بیام الهی هستند، برحقاند و ایمان به انها لازم و ضروری است؛ جنانکه خداوند در آیة ۵ سورة بقره از زبان موّمنان می‌فرماید: «ما در میان هیچ یک از پیامبران خدا فرق نمی‌گذاریم.»؛ اما از جهاتی» بعضی از پیامبران بر بعضی دیگر فضیلت دارند. این تفاوت دو نوع است: ۱- از جچمت بعضی از خصوصیاتی که ویره بعضی از پیامبران بوده است؛ مانند اینکه خدا با حضرت موسی(ع) به طور مخصوصی سخن گفت یا به حضرت سلیمان(ع) پادشاهی داد و...که در مورد دیگر پیامبران چنین نبوده است. از جچیست درجات معنوی و نزدیکی به خدا. بی‌شک در این مورد» پیامبر اسلام(ص)» برترین پیامبران خداست؛ اگرچه ایشان از نظر برتری نوع یکم نیز از جهاتی بر پیامبران دیگر برتری دارند؛ مانند کتاب ایشان (قرآن) که کامل‌ترین کتاب فرستاده‌شده از طرف خداست و به هیچ پیامبری چنین کتابی داده نشده» یا جانشینان ایشان (دوازده امام) که هیچ پیامبری جنین جانشینانی نداشته است.

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 · 22 roots in 31 of 52 words

Rarest here: ق-د-س 10× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 66 points across 8 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah8
  • Heavy rāʾ6
  • Madd ṭabīʿī22
  • Iẓhār shafawī6
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)10
  • Ghunnah6
  • Qalqalah4
  • Heavy Allāh4

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

52 words · 206 letters · 6 proper nouns · āyah 253 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.

  • وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِّن قَبْلِكَ مِنْهُم مَّن قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن لَّمْ نَقْصُصْ عَلَيْكَ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ قُضِىَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

    And We have already sent messengers before you. Among them are those [whose stories] We have related to you, and among them are those [whose stories] We have not related to you…

  • وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ نَّحْنُ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَهَلْ عَلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

    And those who associate others with Allah say, "If Allah had willed, we would not have worshipped anything other than Him, neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden…

  • وَلَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَصَبَرُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَا كُذِّبُوا۟ وَأُوذُوا۟ حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰهُمْ نَصْرُنَا وَلَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَكَ مِن نَّبَإِى۟ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    And certainly were messengers denied before you, but they were patient over [the effects of] denial, and they were harmed until Our victory came to them. And none can alter the…

  • ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُۥ كَانَت تَّأْتِيهِمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرٌ يَهْدُونَنَا فَكَفَرُوا۟ وَتَوَلَّوا۟ وَّٱسْتَغْنَى ٱللَّهُ وَٱللَّهُ غَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌ

    That is because their messengers used to come to them with clear evidences, but they said, "Shall human beings guide us?" and disbelieved and turned away. And Allah dispensed…

  • إِذْ جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلرُّسُلُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ قَالُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّنَا لَأَنزَلَ مَلَٰٓئِكَةً فَإِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

    [That occurred] when the messengers had come to them before them and after them, [saying], "Worship not except Allah." They said, "If our Lord had willed, He would have sent down…

  • رُّسُلًا مُّبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ حُجَّةٌۢ بَعْدَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا

    [We sent] messengers as bringers of good tidings and warners so that mankind will have no argument against Allah after the messengers. And ever is Allah Exalted in Might and Wise.

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-Baqara 2:875 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَقَفَّيْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ بِٱلرُّسُلِ وَءَاتَيْنَا عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَأَيَّدْنَٰهُ بِرُوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ أَفَكُلَّمَا جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌۢ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰٓ أَنفُسُكُمُ ٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ فَفَرِيقًا كَذَّبْتُمْ وَفَرِيقًا تَقْتُلُونَ

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  • Al-Baqara 2:875 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَقَفَّيْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ بِٱلرُّسُلِ وَءَاتَيْنَا عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَأَيَّدْنَٰهُ بِرُوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ أَفَكُلَّمَا جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌۢ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰٓ أَنفُسُكُمُ ٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ فَفَرِيقًا كَذَّبْتُمْ وَفَرِيقًا تَقْتُلُونَ

    ق-د-سأ-ي-در-و-حق-ت-لب-ن-ي

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:154 shared roots

    رَفِيعُ ٱلدَّرَجَٰتِ ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ يُلْقِى ٱلرُّوحَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ لِيُنذِرَ يَوْمَ ٱلتَّلَاقِ

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  • Al-An'aam 6:834 shared roots

    وَتِلْكَ حُجَّتُنَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰهَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَٰتٍ مَّن نَّشَآءُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ

    د-ر-جر-ف-عش-ي-أأ-ت-ي

  • Al-An'aam 6:1655 shared roots

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَٰٓئِفَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَكُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَٰتٍ لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِى مَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌۢ

    د-ر-جر-ف-عب-ع-ضخ-ل-فأ-ت-ي

  • Al-Israa 17:213 shared roots

    ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَٰتٍ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلًا

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:253?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:253 include Quran 40:78 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), Quran 16:35 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 6:34 (Surah Al-An'aam), and Quran 64:6 (Surah At-Taghaabun). For example, 40:78 reads: “And We have already sent messengers before you. Among them are those [whose stories] We have related to you, and among them are those [whose stories] We have not related to you…” 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 2:253 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:253 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “Those messengers - some of them We caused to exceed others. Among them were those to whom Allah spoke, and He raised some of them in degree. And We gave Jesus, the Son of Mary, clear proofs, and We supported him with the Pure Spirit. If Allah had willed,…”

Which surah is verse 2:253 in?

Quran 2:253 is āyah 253 of Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow), chapter 2 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 286 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 2:253?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 2:253 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 2:253?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:253 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.