Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 173·Makkī

173

عَلَيْهِم ﴿١٧٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.

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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 · 3 roots in 5 of 6 words

Recitation · 11 points across 6 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 31 letters · āyah 173 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 7:84 · Al-A'raafvery close

    وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    And We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.

  • Quran 46:24 · Al-Ahqafclose

    فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ عَارِضًا مُّسْتَقْبِلَ أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا عَارِضٌ مُّمْطِرُنَا بَلْ هُوَ مَا ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُم بِهِۦ رِيحٌ فِيهَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    And when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that for which you were impatient: a wind, within it a…

  • Quran 21:46 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

  • Quran 37:177 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

    But when it descends in their territory, then evil is the morning of those who were warned.

  • Quran 26:135 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

    Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."

  • Quran 54:19 · Al-Qamarclose

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ

    Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,

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.

  • An-Naml 27:583 shared roots

    وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

    م-ط-رن-ذ-رس-و-أ

  • Al-Furqaan 25:402 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَى ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوْءِ أَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ يَرَوْنَهَا بَلْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُورًا

    م-ط-رس-و-أ

  • As-Saaffaat 37:1772 shared roots

    فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

    ن-ذ-رس-و-أ

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1882 shared roots

    قُل لَّآ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِى نَفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَوْ كُنتُ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ لَٱسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِىَ ٱلسُّوٓءُ إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ وَبَشِيرٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ن-ذ-رس-و-أ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:173?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:173 include Quran 7:84 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 46:24 (Surah Al-Ahqaf), Quran 21:46 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 37:177 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 7:84 reads: “And We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.” 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 26:173 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:173 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.”

Which surah is verse 26:173 in?

Quran 26:173 is āyah 173 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 26:173?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:173 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.