Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 61·Makkī

61

فَلَمَّا مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا ﴿٦١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken!"

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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 8 words

Recitation · 17 points across 6 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 36 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 61 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 26:43 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

    Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."

  • Quran 5:22 · Al-Maaidaclose

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ فِيهَا قَوْمًا جَبَّارِينَ وَإِنَّا لَن نَّدْخُلَهَا حَتَّىٰ يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّا دَٰخِلُونَ

    They said, "O Moses, indeed within it is a people of tyrannical strength, and indeed, we will never enter it until they leave it; but if they leave it, then we will enter."

  • Quran 26:65 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

    And We saved Moses and those with him, all together.

  • Quran 23:48 · Al-Muminoonclose

    فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُهْلَكِينَ

    So they denied them and were of those destroyed.

  • Quran 79:15 · An-Naazi'aatclose

    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

    Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

  • Quran 7:117 · Al-A'raafclose

    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.

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:392 shared roots

    وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ

    ج-م-عق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:383 shared roots

    قَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ فِى ٱلنَّارِ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ لَّعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱدَّارَكُوا۟ فِيهَا جَمِيعًا قَالَتْ أُخْرَىٰهُمْ لِأُولَىٰهُمْ رَبَّنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَضَلُّونَا فَـَٔاتِهِمْ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَعْلَمُونَ

    د-ر-كج-م-عق-و-ل

  • Al-Qamar 54:442 shared roots

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ

    ج-م-عق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:483 shared roots

    وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالًا يَعْرِفُونَهُم بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنكُمْ جَمْعُكُمْ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

    ص-ح-بج-م-عق-و-ل

  • Yunus 10:902 shared roots

    وَجَٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ وَجُنُودُهُۥ بَغْيًا وَعَدْوًا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَدْرَكَهُ ٱلْغَرَقُ قَالَ ءَامَنتُ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنَتْ بِهِۦ بَنُوٓا۟ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ

    د-ر-كق-و-ل

  • Al-Mutaffifin 83:322 shared roots

    وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

    ر-أ-يق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:61?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:61 include Quran 26:43 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 5:22 (Surah Al-Maaida), Quran 26:65 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 23:48 (Surah Al-Muminoon). For example, 26:43 reads: “Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."” 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 26:61 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:61 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken!"”

Which surah is verse 26:61 in?

Quran 26:61 is āyah 61 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 26:61?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:61 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.