Surah Al-Hijr · Ayah 15·Makkī

15

إِنَّمَا بَلْ نَحْنُ ﴿١٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 8 words

Rarest here: س-ك-ر 7× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 14 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Ghunnah2
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Qalqalah1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 35 letters · āyah 15 of 99

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.

  • فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا مُبْصِرَةً قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

    But when there came to them Our visible signs, they said, "This is obvious magic."

  • أَتَّخَذْنَٰهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ

    Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?"

  • وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ

    And when they see a sign, they ridicule

  • وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالُوا۟ قَدْ سَمِعْنَا لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَٰذَآ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

  • وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ

    And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.

  • وَنُقَلِّبُ أَفْـِٔدَتَهُمْ وَأَبْصَٰرَهُمْ كَمَا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَنَذَرُهُمْ فِى طُغْيَٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

    And We will turn away their hearts and their eyes just as they refused to believe in it the first time. And We will leave them in their transgression, wandering blindly.

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 15:15?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 15:15 include Quran 27:13 (Surah An-Naml), Quran 38:63 (Surah Saad), Quran 37:14 (Surah As-Saaffaat), and Quran 8:31 (Surah Al-Anfaal). For example, 27:13 reads: “But when there came to them Our visible signs, they said, "This is obvious magic."” 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 15:15 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 15:15 (Surah Al-Hijr, The Rock) reads: “They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."”

Which surah is verse 15:15 in?

Quran 15:15 is āyah 15 of Surah Al-Hijr (The Rock), chapter 15 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 99 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 15:15?

Tartīl presents Quran 15:15 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.