Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 139·Makkī

139

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ وَمَا ﴿١٣٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

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Tafsīr

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 10 words

Recitation · 14 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 44 letters · āyah 139 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 40:25 · Al-Ghaafirvery close

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَبْنَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ وَٱسْتَحْيُوا۟ نِسَآءَهُمْ وَمَا كَيْدُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍ

    And when he brought them the truth from Us, they said, "Kill the sons of those who have believed with him and keep their women alive." But the plan of the disbelievers is not…

  • Quran 25:36 · Al-Furqaanclose

    فَقُلْنَا ٱذْهَبَآ إِلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَدَمَّرْنَٰهُمْ تَدْمِيرًا

    And We said, "Go both of you to the people who have denied Our signs." Then We destroyed them with [complete] destruction.

  • Quran 26:158 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

  • Quran 26:120 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ

    Then We drowned thereafter the remaining ones.

  • Quran 78:28 · An-Nabaclose

    وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا

    And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

  • Quran 21:6 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    مَآ ءَامَنَتْ قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَآ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them, so will they believe?

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 26:139?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:139 include Quran 40:25 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), Quran 25:36 (Surah Al-Furqaan), Quran 26:158 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 26:120 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 40:25 reads: “And when he brought them the truth from Us, they said, "Kill the sons of those who have believed with him and keep their women alive." But the plan of the disbelievers is not…” 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 26:139 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:139 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.”

Which surah is verse 26:139 in?

Quran 26:139 is āyah 139 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 26:139?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:139 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.