Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 37·Makkī

37

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Translation

Saheeh International

Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician."

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 4 words

Recitation · 5 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Iẓhār1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 16 letters · āyah 37 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 7:112 · Al-A'raafvery close

    يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَٰحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ

    Who will bring you every learned magician."

  • Quran 7:111 · Al-A'raafvery close

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَرْسِلْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ

    They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

  • Quran 43:49 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهْتَدُونَ

    And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."

  • Quran 51:39 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ

    But he turned away with his supporters and said," A magician or a madman."

  • Quran 20:58 · Taa-Haarelated

    فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍ مِّثْلِهِۦ فَٱجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّا نُخْلِفُهُۥ نَحْنُ وَلَآ أَنتَ مَكَانًا سُوًى

    Then we will surely bring you magic like it, so make between us and you an appointment, which we will not fail to keep and neither will you, in a place assigned."

  • Quran 7:116 · Al-A'raafrelated

    قَالَ أَلْقُوا۟ فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ سَحَرُوٓا۟ أَعْيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ

    He said, "Throw," and when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people and struck terror into them, and they presented a great [feat of] magic.

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-A'raaf 7:1124 shared roots

    يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَٰحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ

    س-ح-رك-ل-لأ-ت-يع-ل-م

  • Yunus 10:794 shared roots

    وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱئْتُونِى بِكُلِّ سَٰحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ

    س-ح-رك-ل-لأ-ت-يع-ل-م

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1322 shared roots

    وَقَالُوا۟ مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِۦ مِنْ ءَايَةٍ لِّتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

    س-ح-رأ-ت-ي

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:522 shared roots

    كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ

    س-ح-رأ-ت-ي

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1092 shared roots

    قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

    س-ح-رع-ل-م

  • Al-Qasas 28:483 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُوتِىَ مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ قَالُوا۟ سِحْرَانِ تَظَٰهَرَا وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِكُلٍّ كَٰفِرُونَ

    س-ح-رك-ل-لأ-ت-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:37?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:37 include Quran 7:112 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 7:111 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 43:49 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), and Quran 51:39 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat). For example, 7:112 reads: “Who will bring you every learned magician."” 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 26:37 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:37 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician."”

Which surah is verse 26:37 in?

Quran 26:37 is āyah 37 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 26:37?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:37 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.