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Al-Baqarah · An-Naml
Both describe the Quran as 'huda' — 2:2 ends 'hudal lil muttaqin' while 27:2 says 'hudal wa bushra lil mu'minin,' swapping 'muttaqin' for 'mu'minin' and adding 'wa bushra.'
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Al-A'raf · An-Naml
Both describe Lot's people approaching men with desire but 7:81 ends with 'musrifun' (transgressors) while 27:55 ends with 'tajhalun' (acting ignorantly).
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Al-Hijr · An-Naml
15:1 says 'ayat al-kitabi wa Qur'anin mubin' while 27:1 says 'ayat al-Qur'ani wa kitabin mubin' — the words Quran and Kitab are swapped in position.
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Ta-Ha · Ash-Shu'ara
Both quote Pharaoh's response to the believing magicians: 'did you believe him before I gave you permission? Indeed he is your leader who taught you magic'; both follow with the threat of crucifixion on palm trunks.
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Al-Furqan · As-Sajdah
Both open with 'who created the heavens, earth, and what is between them in six days then established Himself above the Throne'; 25:59 directs to ask one well-informed (al-Rahman), 32:4 emphasizes no intercessor without His leave.
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Ash-Shu'ara · Ash-Shu'ara
Part of the Al-Shu'ara prophetic refrain (26:109 Nuh, 26:127 Hud, 26:145 Salih, 26:164 Lut, 26:180 Shu'ayb); this pair is Nuh and Hud.
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Ash-Shu'ara · Ash-Shu'ara
Part of the Al-Shu'ara prophetic refrain (26:109 Nuh, 26:127 Hud, 26:145 Salih, 26:164 Lut, 26:180 Shu'ayb); this pair is Nuh and Salih.
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Ash-Shu'ara · Ash-Shu'ara
Part of the Al-Shu'ara prophetic refrain: 'I ask you for no payment; my reward is only from the Lord of the worlds' -- appears five times in the surah (26:109 Nuh, 26:127 Hud, 26:145 Salih, 26:164 Lut, 26:180 Shu'ayb); this pair is Nuh and Lut.
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Ash-Shu'ara · Ash-Shu'ara
Part of the Al-Shu'ara prophetic refrain: 'I ask you for no payment; my reward is only from the Lord of the worlds' -- appears five times in the surah (26:109 Nuh, 26:127 Hud, 26:145 Salih, 26:164 Lut, 26:180 Shu'ayb); this pair is Nuh and Shu'ayb.
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Ash-Shu'ara · Ash-Shu'ara
Part of the Al-Shu'ara prophetic refrain: 'I ask you for no payment; my reward is only from the Lord of the worlds' -- appears five times in the surah (26:109 Nuh, 26:127 Hud, 26:145 Salih, 26:164 Lut, 26:180 Shu'ayb); this pair is Hud and Salih.
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Ash-Shu'ara · Ash-Shu'ara
Part of the Al-Shu'ara prophetic refrain: 'I ask you for no payment; my reward is only from the Lord of the worlds' -- appears five times in the surah (26:109 Nuh, 26:127 Hud, 26:145 Salih, 26:164 Lut, 26:180 Shu'ayb); this pair is Hud and Lut.
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Ash-Shu'ara · Ash-Shu'ara
Both are instances of the prophetic refrain repeated across five stories in Surah Al-Shu'ara: 'I ask you for no payment; my reward is only from the Lord of the worlds'; 26:127 is Hud's refrain, 26:180 is Shu'ayb's.
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Ash-Shu'ara · Ash-Shu'ara
Part of the Al-Shu'ara prophetic refrain: 'I ask you for no payment; my reward is only from the Lord of the worlds' -- appears five times in the surah (26:109 Nuh, 26:127 Hud, 26:145 Salih, 26:164 Lut, 26:180 Shu'ayb); this pair is Salih and Lut.
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Ash-Shu'ara · Ash-Shu'ara
Part of the Al-Shu'ara prophetic refrain: 'I ask you for no payment; my reward is only from the Lord of the worlds' -- appears five times in the surah (26:109 Nuh, 26:127 Hud, 26:145 Salih, 26:164 Lut, 26:180 Shu'ayb); this pair is Salih and Shu'ayb.
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Ash-Shu'ara · Ash-Shu'ara
Part of the Al-Shu'ara prophetic refrain: 'I ask you for no payment; my reward is only from the Lord of the worlds' -- appears five times in the surah (26:109 Nuh, 26:127 Hud, 26:145 Salih, 26:164 Lut, 26:180 Shu'ayb); this pair is Lut and Shu'ayb.
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Ash-Shu'ara · An-Naml
Verbatim: 'and We rained upon them a rain; evil was the rain of those who were warned'; both describe the punishment rain on the people of Lut -- 26:173 in the Al-Shu'ara account, 27:58 in the Al-Naml account.
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An-Naml · Luqman
Identical description of believers: they establish prayer, give zakat, and have firm certainty in the Hereafter. Repeated in Al-Naml (27) and Luqman (31).
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An-Naml · Al-Qasas
Both describe Moses seeing his staff writhe like a jinn (jann) and fleeing without looking back; 27:10 is the first encounter at the burning bush, 28:31 reprises the same scene when Moses is formally commissioned.
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An-Naml · Al-Ahqaf
Both contain the supplication: 'Lord, inspire me to thank Your favor upon me and my parents and to do righteous deeds.' 27:19 (Sulayman) ends asking to be admitted among the righteous; 46:15 (a believer at 40) adds asking for righteous offspring.