Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 154·Makkī

154

مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا إِن مِنَ ﴿١٥٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful."

Compare all 34 translations →

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 · 6 roots in 6 of 11 words

Recitation · 13 points across 5 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ5
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 38 letters · āyah 154 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.

  • قَالَ إِن كُنتَ جِئْتَ بِـَٔايَةٍ فَأْتِ بِهَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    [Pharaoh] said, "If you have come with a sign, then bring it forth, if you should be of the truthful."

  • وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

    You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars.

  • فَٱلْيَوْمَ نُنَجِّيكَ بِبَدَنِكَ لِتَكُونَ لِمَنْ خَلْفَكَ ءَايَةً وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَنْ ءَايَٰتِنَا لَغَٰفِلُونَ

    So today We will save you in body that you may be to those who succeed you a sign. And indeed, many among the people, of Our signs, are heedless

  • فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ

    Then why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed,

  • فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful."

  • وَأَتَيْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ

    And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful.

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 26:154?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:154 include Quran 7:106 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 26:186 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 10:92 (Surah Yunus), and Quran 56:86 (Surah Al-Waaqia). For example, 7:106 reads: “[Pharaoh] said, "If you have come with a sign, then bring it forth, if you should be of the truthful."” 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 26:154 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:154 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful."”

Which surah is verse 26:154 in?

Quran 26:154 is āyah 154 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 26:154?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:154 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.