Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 128·Makkī

128

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Translation

Saheeh International

Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,

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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 5 words

Rarest here: ر-ي-ع — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 8 points across 4 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Iẓhār2

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 22 letters · āyah 128 of 227

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 26:146 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ

    Will you be left in what is here, secure [from death],

  • Quran 26:165 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    Do you approach males among the worlds

  • Quran 26:181 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ

    Give full measure and do not be of those who cause loss.

  • Quran 11:51 · Hudclose

    يَٰقَوْمِ لَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِىٓ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

    O my people, I do not ask you for it any reward. My reward is only from the one who created me. Then will you not reason?

  • Quran 55:28 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

  • Quran 25:57 · Al-Furqaanclose

    قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ أَن يَتَّخِذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا

    Say, "I do not ask of you for it any payment - only that whoever wills might take to his Lord a way."

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1972 shared roots

    أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

    ب-ن-يأ-ي-ي

  • Saad 38:372 shared roots

    وَٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍ

    ب-ن-يك-ل-ل

  • Taa-Haa 20:472 shared roots

    فَأْتِيَاهُ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولَا رَبِّكَ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَا تُعَذِّبْهُمْ قَدْ جِئْنَٰكَ بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَٱلسَّلَٰمُ عَلَىٰ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

    ب-ن-يأ-ي-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:128?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:128 include Quran 26:146 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:165 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:181 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 11:51 (Surah Hud). For example, 26:146 reads: “Will you be left in what is here, secure [from death],” 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 26:128 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:128 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,”

Which surah is verse 26:128 in?

Quran 26:128 is āyah 128 of Surah Ash-Shu'araa (The Poets), chapter 26 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 227 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 26:128?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:128 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.