Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 171·Makkī

171

إِلَّا فِى ﴿١٧١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Except an old woman among those who remained behind.

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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 4 words

Rarest here: غ-ب-ر — 8× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 8 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 17 letters · āyah 171 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 37:135 · As-Saaffaatvery close

    إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

    Except his wife among those who remained [with the evildoers].

  • Quran 7:83 · Al-A'raafvery close

    فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

    So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; she was of those who remained [with the evildoers].

  • Quran 27:57 · An-Namlvery close

    فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَٰهَا مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

    So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; We destined her to be of those who remained behind.

  • Quran 37:136 · As-Saaffaatclose

    ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

    Then We destroyed the others.

  • Quran 37:134 · As-Saaffaatclose

    إِذْ نَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

    [So mention] when We saved him and his family, all,

  • Quran 37:77 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ

    And We made his descendants those remaining [on the earth]

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 26:171?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:171 include Quran 37:135 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 7:83 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 27:57 (Surah An-Naml), and Quran 37:136 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 37:135 reads: “Except his wife among those who remained [with the evildoers].” 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 26:171 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:171 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “Except an old woman among those who remained behind.”

Which surah is verse 26:171 in?

Quran 26:171 is āyah 171 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 26:171?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:171 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.