Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 66·Makkī

66

ثُمَّ ﴿٦٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Then We drowned the others.

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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 3 words

Recitation · 8 points across 5 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd munfaṣil3
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 16 letters · āyah 66 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 26:120 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ

    Then We drowned thereafter the remaining ones.

  • Quran 23:48 · Al-Muminoonclose

    فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُهْلَكِينَ

    So they denied them and were of those destroyed.

  • Quran 26:9 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

  • Quran 26:138 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

    And we are not to be punished."

  • Quran 25:37 · Al-Furqaanclose

    وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ لَّمَّا كَذَّبُوا۟ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ ءَايَةً وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

    And the people of Noah - when they denied the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.

  • Quran 37:115 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    And We saved them and their people from the great affliction,

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.

  • As-Saaffaat 37:822 shared roots

    ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

    غ-ر-قأ-خ-ر

  • Al-Israa 17:692 shared roots

    أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ أَن يُعِيدَكُمْ فِيهِ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَاصِفًا مِّنَ ٱلرِّيحِ فَيُغْرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرْتُمْ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِهِۦ تَبِيعًا

    غ-ر-قأ-خ-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:66?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:66 include Quran 26:120 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 23:48 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 26:9 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 26:138 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 26:120 reads: “Then We drowned thereafter the remaining ones.” 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 26:66 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:66 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “Then We drowned the others.”

Which surah is verse 26:66 in?

Quran 26:66 is āyah 66 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 26:66?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:66 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.