Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 220·Makkī

220

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ﴿٢٢٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

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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

Recitation · 5 points across 3 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 17 letters · āyah 220 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.

  • بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ

    Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].

  • وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى جَاعِلٌ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ ٱلدِّمَآءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes…

  • كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ

    No! But you deny the Recompense.

  • ثُمَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ يُخْزِيهِمْ وَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآءِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تُشَٰٓقُّونَ فِيهِمْ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ إِنَّ ٱلْخِزْىَ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَٱلسُّوٓءَ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    Then on the Day of Resurrection He will disgrace them and say, "Where are My 'partners' for whom you used to oppose [the believers]?" Those who were given knowledge will say…

  • أَمَّنْ هُوَ قَٰنِتٌ ءَانَآءَ ٱلَّيْلِ سَاجِدًا وَقَآئِمًا يَحْذَرُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَيَرْجُوا۟ رَحْمَةَ رَبِّهِۦ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِى ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ

    Is one who is devoutly obedient during periods of the night, prostrating and standing [in prayer], fearing the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord, [like one who does…

  • وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

    And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

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.

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:62 shared roots

    رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    س-م-عع-ل-م

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:42 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّى يَعْلَمُ ٱلْقَوْلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    س-م-عع-ل-م

  • Al-Baqara 2:2442 shared roots

    وَقَٰتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

    س-م-عع-ل-م

  • Al-Anfaal 8:232 shared roots

    وَلَوْ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًا لَّأَسْمَعَهُمْ وَلَوْ أَسْمَعَهُمْ لَتَوَلَّوا۟ وَّهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

    س-م-عع-ل-م

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:342 shared roots

    ذُرِّيَّةًۢ بَعْضُهَا مِنۢ بَعْضٍ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

    س-م-عع-ل-م

  • Al-Anfaal 8:532 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَمْ يَكُ مُغَيِّرًا نِّعْمَةً أَنْعَمَهَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

    س-م-عع-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:220?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:220 include Quran 68:6 (Surah Al-Qalam), Quran 2:30 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 82:9 (Surah Al-Infitaar), and Quran 16:27 (Surah An-Nahl). For example, 68:6 reads: “Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].” 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 26:220 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:220 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.”

Which surah is verse 26:220 in?

Quran 26:220 is āyah 220 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 26:220?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:220 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.