Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 187·Makkī

187

عَلَيْنَا مِّنَ إِن مِنَ ﴿١٨٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

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

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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 9 words

Rarest here: ك-س-ف — 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 10 points across 5 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām shamsiyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 36 letters · āyah 187 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 17:92 · Al-Israaclose

    أَوْ تُسْقِطَ ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا أَوْ تَأْتِىَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ قَبِيلًا

    Or you make the heaven fall upon us in fragments as you have claimed or you bring Allah and the angels before [us]

  • Quran 26:154 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

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

  • Quran 15:7 · Al-Hijrclose

    لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"

  • Quran 52:10 · At-Turclose

    وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا

    And the mountains will pass on, departing -

  • Quran 51:6 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ

    And indeed, the recompense is to occur.

  • Quran 17:105 · Al-Israaclose

    وَبِٱلْحَقِّ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ وَبِٱلْحَقِّ نَزَلَ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا

    And with the truth We have sent the Qur'an down, and with the truth it has descended. And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.

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.

  • Al-Israa 17:923 shared roots

    أَوْ تُسْقِطَ ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا أَوْ تَأْتِىَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ قَبِيلًا

    ك-س-فس-ق-طس-م-و

  • At-Tur 52:443 shared roots

    وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ

    ك-س-فس-ق-طس-م-و

  • Saba 34:93 shared roots

    أَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِن نَّشَأْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ أَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ

    ك-س-فس-ق-طس-م-و

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1492 shared roots

    وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِىٓ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَرَأَوْا۟ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ يَرْحَمْنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغْفِرْ لَنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

    س-ق-طك-و-ن

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:312 shared roots

    قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    ص-د-قك-و-ن

  • As-Saaffaat 37:1572 shared roots

    فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    ص-د-قك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:187?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:187 include Quran 17:92 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 26:154 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 15:7 (Surah Al-Hijr), and Quran 52:10 (Surah At-Tur). For example, 17:92 reads: “Or you make the heaven fall upon us in fragments as you have claimed or you bring Allah and the angels before [us]” 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 26:187 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:187 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful."”

Which surah is verse 26:187 in?

Quran 26:187 is āyah 187 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 26:187?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:187 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.