Surah At-Tur · Ayah 15·Makkī

15

هَٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا ﴿١٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Then is this magic, or do you not see?

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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 6 words

Recitation · 10 points across 5 rule families

  • Iẓhār2
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 22 letters · āyah 15 of 49

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 77:30 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّ ذِى ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٍ

    Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns

  • Quran 36:64 · Yaseenclose

    ٱصْلَوْهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

    [Enter to] burn therein today for what you used to deny."

  • Quran 55:36 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  • Quran 18:29 · Al-Kahfclose

    وَقُلِ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ إِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا وَإِن يَسْتَغِيثُوا۟ يُغَاثُوا۟ بِمَآءٍ كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَشْوِى ٱلْوُجُوهَ بِئْسَ ٱلشَّرَابُ وَسَآءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا

    And say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a fire whose walls…

  • Quran 20:11 · Taa-Haaclose

    فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِىَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ

    And when he came to it, he was called, "O Moses,

  • Quran 10:77 · Yunusclose

    قَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَتَقُولُونَ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَكُمْ أَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَا وَلَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلسَّٰحِرُونَ

    Moses said, "Do you say [thus] about the truth when it has come to you? Is this magic? But magicians will not succeed."

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.

  • An-Naml 27:132 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا مُبْصِرَةً قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

    س-ح-رب-ص-ر

  • Al-Hijr 15:152 shared roots

    لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ

    س-ح-رب-ص-ر

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:32 shared roots

    لَاهِيَةً قُلُوبُهُمْ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ هَلْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ أَفَتَأْتُونَ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ

    س-ح-رب-ص-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 52:15?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 52:15 include Quran 77:30 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), Quran 36:64 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 55:36 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan), and Quran 18:29 (Surah Al-Kahf). For example, 77:30 reads: “Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns” 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 52:15 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 52:15 (Surah At-Tur, The Mount) reads: “Then is this magic, or do you not see?”

Which surah is verse 52:15 in?

Quran 52:15 is āyah 15 of Surah At-Tur (The Mount), chapter 52 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 49 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 52:15?

Tartīl presents Quran 52:15 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.