Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 28·Makkī

28

وَمَا إِن ﴿٢٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason."

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 9 words

Recitation · 11 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 39 letters · āyah 28 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 26:24 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

    [Moses] said, "The Lord of the heavens and earth and that between them, if you should be convinced."

  • Quran 73:9 · Al-Muzzammilclose

    رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا

    [He is] the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of [your] affairs.

  • Quran 26:23 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"

  • Quran 55:18 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

  • Quran 43:38 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ

    Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "Oh, I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west - how wretched a companion."

  • Quran 41:45 · Fussilatclose

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ فَٱخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍ

    And We had already given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement. And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord, it would have been concluded between them. And…

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.

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:173 shared roots

    رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ

    غ-ر-بش-ر-قر-ب-ب

  • Al-Muzzammil 73:93 shared roots

    رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا

    غ-ر-بش-ر-قر-ب-ب

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:403 shared roots

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ

    غ-ر-بش-ر-قر-ب-ب

  • Al-Baqara 2:1152 shared roots

    وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَشْرِقُ وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا۟ فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

    غ-ر-بش-ر-ق

  • As-Saaffaat 37:53 shared roots

    رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ

    ش-ر-قب-ي-نر-ب-ب

  • Al-Baqara 2:1424 shared roots

    سَيَقُولُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَا وَلَّىٰهُمْ عَن قِبْلَتِهِمُ ٱلَّتِى كَانُوا۟ عَلَيْهَا قُل لِّلَّهِ ٱلْمَشْرِقُ وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

    غ-ر-بش-ر-قك-و-نق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:28?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:28 include Quran 26:24 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 73:9 (Surah Al-Muzzammil), Quran 26:23 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 55:18 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan). For example, 26:24 reads: “[Moses] said, "The Lord of the heavens and earth and that between them, if you should be convinced."” 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 26:28 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:28 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “[Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason."”

Which surah is verse 26:28 in?

Quran 26:28 is āyah 28 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 26:28?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:28 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.