Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 87·Madanī

87

وَلَقَدْ مُوسَى مِنۢ عِيسَى مَرْيَمَ بِمَا لَا ﴿٨٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We did certainly give Moses the Torah and followed up after him with messengers. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs and supported him with the Pure Spirit. But is it [not] that every time a messenger came to you, [O Children of Israel], with what your souls did not desire, you were arrogant? And a party [of messengers] you denied and another party you killed.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

روح القدس

مفسّران در بارهٌ روح‌القدس تفسیرهای گوناگون دارند. برخی گفته‌اند منظور جبرئیل است. بنا بر این» معنای این آّیه چنین خواهد بود:«خداوند عیسی را به وسیلةٌ جبرئیل کمک و تأیید کرد.» شاهد این سخن» آیة ۱۰۲ سور نحل است که می فرماید:« بگو روح‌القدس آن (قرآن) را از جانب پروردگارت. بحق نازل کرده است.» دلیل این که جبرئیل را روح‌القدس می‌گویندء این است که جنبة روحانیت در فرشتگان» موضوع روشنی است و اطلاق کلمةٌ روح به آنها از این روست و اضافة «القدس» به آن» از پاکی و قداست فوق‌العادةٌ این فرشته حکایت می کند. > **پانوشت صفحه (منابع):** > ۴ نمونه, چ ۰۱ ص ۳۳۸ > ۴ نمونه ج ۱ ص ۳۳۸ > ٢_ اقتباس از نمونه، ج٢٠، ص هه٢ > ۱- نمونهء ج ۰۱ ص ۲۳۱ ۲ اقتباس از نمونهء ج۰۲۰ ص ۴۵۵ ۳- نهج‌البلاغه» حکمت ۴۵۶ > **Cited sources** (grade before any load-bearing use): Tafsīr Nemūneh, Nahj al-Balāgha.

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 · 18 roots in 21 of 28 words

Rarest here: ق-ف-و 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 43 points across 6 rule families

  • Qalqalah5
  • Madd ṭabīʿī21
  • Lām qamariyyah4
  • Iqlāb5
  • Heavy rāʾ5
  • Iẓhār shafawī3

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

28 words · 137 letters · 3 proper nouns · āyah 87 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.

  • كَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيكُمْ رَسُولًا مِّنكُمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا وَيُزَكِّيكُمْ وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَيُعَلِّمُكُم مَّا لَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْلَمُونَ

    Just as We have sent among you a messenger from yourselves reciting to you Our verses and purifying you and teaching you the Book and wisdom and teaching you that which you did…

  • وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَفَلَمْ تَكُنْ ءَايَٰتِى تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ وَكُنتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ

    But as for those who disbelieved, [it will be said], "Were not Our verses recited to you, but you were arrogant and became a people of criminals?

  • وَكَمْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن نَّبِىٍّ فِى ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples,

  • لَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ رُسُلًا كُلَّمَا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۢ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰٓ أَنفُسُهُمْ فَرِيقًا كَذَّبُوا۟ وَفَرِيقًا يَقْتُلُونَ

    We had already taken the covenant of the Children of Israel and had sent to them messengers. Whenever there came to them a messenger with what their souls did not desire, a party…

  • أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

    [Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel."'"

  • ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَآ أَلَّا نُؤْمِنَ لِرَسُولٍ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَنَا بِقُرْبَانٍ تَأْكُلُهُ ٱلنَّارُ قُلْ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِى بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَبِٱلَّذِى قُلْتُمْ فَلِمَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    [They are] those who said, "Indeed, Allah has taken our promise not to believe any messenger until he brings us an offering which fire [from heaven] will consume." Say, "There…

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-Maaida 5:705 shared roots

    لَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ رُسُلًا كُلَّمَا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۢ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰٓ أَنفُسُهُمْ فَرِيقًا كَذَّبُوا۟ وَفَرِيقًا يَقْتُلُونَ

    ه-و-يف-ر-قق-ت-لب-ن-يك-ذ-ب

  • Al-Baqara 2:2535 shared roots

    تِلْكَ ٱلرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ مِّنْهُم مَّن كَلَّمَ ٱللَّهُ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَهُمْ دَرَجَٰتٍ وَءَاتَيْنَا عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَأَيَّدْنَٰهُ بِرُوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا ٱقْتَتَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ وَلَٰكِنِ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ ءَامَنَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن كَفَرَ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا ٱقْتَتَلُوا۟ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ

    ق-د-سأ-ي-در-و-حق-ت-لب-ن-ي

  • Al-Baqara 2:2535 shared roots

    تِلْكَ ٱلرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ مِّنْهُم مَّن كَلَّمَ ٱللَّهُ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَهُمْ دَرَجَٰتٍ وَءَاتَيْنَا عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَأَيَّدْنَٰهُ بِرُوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا ٱقْتَتَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ وَلَٰكِنِ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ ءَامَنَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن كَفَرَ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا ٱقْتَتَلُوا۟ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ

    ق-د-سأ-ي-در-و-حق-ت-لب-ن-ي

  • Al-Bayyina 98:45 shared roots

    وَمَا تَفَرَّقَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَةُ

    ف-ر-قب-ع-دج-ي-أك-ت-بب-ي-ن

  • Al-Baqara 2:1455 shared roots

    وَلَئِنْ أَتَيْتَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِكُلِّ ءَايَةٍ مَّا تَبِعُوا۟ قِبْلَتَكَ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَتَهُمْ وَمَا بَعْضُهُم بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَةَ بَعْضٍ وَلَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَآءَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِنَّكَ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    ه-و-يب-ع-دج-ي-أك-ت-بك-ل-ل

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:472 shared roots

    وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

    أ-ي-دب-ن-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:87?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:87 include Quran 2:151 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 45:31 (Surah Al-Jaathiya), Quran 43:6 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), and Quran 5:70 (Surah Al-Maaida). For example, 2:151 reads: “Just as We have sent among you a messenger from yourselves reciting to you Our verses and purifying you and teaching you the Book and wisdom and teaching you that which you did…” 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 2:87 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:87 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “And We did certainly give Moses the Torah and followed up after him with messengers. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs and supported him with the Pure Spirit. But is it [not] that every time a messenger came to you, [O Children of Israel],…”

Which surah is verse 2:87 in?

Quran 2:87 is āyah 87 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 2:87?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 2:87 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 2:87?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:87 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.