Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 46·Makkī

46

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Translation

Saheeh International

So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah].

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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 3 of 3 words

Recitation · 4 points across 3 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 16 letters · āyah 46 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 7:121 · Al-A'raafvery close

    قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,

  • Quran 20:70 · Taa-Haavery close

    فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدًا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ هَٰرُونَ وَمُوسَىٰ

    So the magicians fell down in prostration. They said, "We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses."

  • Quran 7:117 · Al-A'raafvery close

    وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

    And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.

  • Quran 7:120 · Al-A'raafvery close

    وَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ

    And the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah].

  • Quran 10:80 · Yunusvery close

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

    So when the magicians came, Moses said to them, "Throw down whatever you will throw."

  • Quran 10:79 · Yunusclose

    وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱئْتُونِى بِكُلِّ سَٰحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ

    And Pharaoh said, "Bring to me every learned magician."

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 7:1203 shared roots

    وَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ

    س-ح-رس-ج-دل-ق-ي

  • Taa-Haa 20:703 shared roots

    فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدًا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ هَٰرُونَ وَمُوسَىٰ

    س-ح-رس-ج-دل-ق-ي

  • Yunus 10:802 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

    س-ح-رل-ق-ي

  • Yunus 10:812 shared roots

    فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ مَا جِئْتُم بِهِ ٱلسِّحْرُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُۥٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

    س-ح-رل-ق-ي

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1162 shared roots

    قَالَ أَلْقُوا۟ فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ سَحَرُوٓا۟ أَعْيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ

    س-ح-رل-ق-ي

  • Al-Furqaan 25:82 shared roots

    أَوْ يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا

    س-ح-رل-ق-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:46?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:46 include Quran 7:121 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 20:70 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 7:117 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 7:120 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 7:121 reads: “They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,” 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 26:46 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:46 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah].”

Which surah is verse 26:46 in?

Quran 26:46 is āyah 46 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 26:46?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:46 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.