Surah An-Naas · Ayah 2·Makkī

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Translation

Saheeh International

The Sovereign of mankind.

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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 · 2 roots in 2 of 2 words

Recitation · 3 points across 3 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

2 words · 8 letters · āyah 2 of 6

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.

  • قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ

    Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak

  • قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ فَمَن كَانَ يَرْجُوا۟ لِقَآءَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَٰلِحًا وَلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَحَدًۢا

    Say, "I am only a man like you, to whom has been revealed that your god is one God. So whoever would hope for the meeting with his Lord - let him do righteous work and not…

  • كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

    No! There is no refuge.

  • قُلْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِى ذَرَأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

    Say, "It is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered."

  • قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌا۟ عَظِيمٌ

    Say, "It is great news

  • وَقُل رَّبِّ أَنزِلْنِى مُنزَلًا مُّبَارَكًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْمُنزِلِينَ

    And say, 'My Lord, let me land at a blessed landing place, and You are the best to accommodate [us].' "

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.

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:872 shared roots

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ جَزَآؤُهُمْ أَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ لَعْنَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ

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  • Al-Baqara 2:1612 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَمَاتُوا۟ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ

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  • Al-Hajj 22:752 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ يَصْطَفِى مِنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ رُسُلًا وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌۢ بَصِيرٌ

    م-ل-كأ-ن-س

  • An-Nisaa 4:532 shared roots

    أَمْ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِّنَ ٱلْمُلْكِ فَإِذًا لَّا يُؤْتُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ نَقِيرًا

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  • An-Nisaa 4:542 shared roots

    أَمْ يَحْسُدُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ عَلَىٰ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ فَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَآ ءَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مُّلْكًا عَظِيمًا

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  • Al-A'raaf 7:1582 shared roots

    قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنِّى رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ فَـَٔامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ٱلنَّبِىِّ ٱلْأُمِّىِّ ٱلَّذِى يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَكَلِمَٰتِهِۦ وَٱتَّبِعُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

    م-ل-كأ-ن-س

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 114:2?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 114:2 include Quran 113:1 (Surah Al-Falaq), Quran 18:110 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 75:11 (Surah Al-Qiyaama), and Quran 67:24 (Surah Al-Mulk). For example, 113:1 reads: “Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak” 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 114:2 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 114:2 (Surah An-Naas, Mankind) reads: “The Sovereign of mankind.”

Which surah is verse 114:2 in?

Quran 114:2 is āyah 2 of Surah An-Naas (Mankind), chapter 114 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 6 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 114:2?

Tartīl presents Quran 114:2 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.