Mutashabihat Pairs
13 pairsClick a verse to open it, or Compare to see both side by side.
Hud · Hud
Both use the same prophetic rhetorical opening within Hud: 'do you see, if I am on clear evidence from my Lord and He has given me...'; 11:28 is Nuh addressing his people, 11:63 is Salih addressing his -- the shared formula marks a recurring prophetic speech pattern.
Yunus · Hud
Both contain the Quran challenge ending with 'call upon whom you can besides Allah if you are truthful'; 10:38 challenges to bring one surah like it, 11:13 challenges to bring ten fabricated surahs.
Hud · Al-Mu'minun
Both contain the ark-loading command: 'take into it from every kind two mates and your family, except those against whom the word has already gone'; 11:40 is the direct command to Nuh, 23:27 is the retelling of the same command.
Al-A'raf · Hud
Shared description: 'those who obstruct Allah's path and seek to make it crooked, and who disbelieve in the Hereafter'; 7:45 places them at the Fire scene, 11:19 introduces them as those who turn away from Allah's mercy.
Al-An'am · Hud
Both have the prophet declaring 'I do not say I possess the treasures of Allah nor that I am an angel' but 6:50 adds 'lakum' (to you) in 'wa la aqulu lakum inni malak' while 11:31 omits it.
Al-A'raf · Hud
Both narrate Hud's call to Ad to worship Allah alone. 7:65 ends 'will you not fear?' (أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ); 11:50 ends 'you are only fabricators' (إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا مُفْتَرُونَ).
Al-A'raf · Hud
Both introduce Salih sent to Thamud with the same opening call to worship Allah alone; 7:73 continues with the she-camel as a sign, 11:61 continues with 'He produced you from the earth and settled you in it.'
Al-A'raf · Hud
Both warn Thamud about the she-camel of Allah as a sign for them. 7:73 threatens 'a painful punishment' (عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ); 11:64 threatens 'an imminent punishment' (عَذَابٌ قَرِيبٌ).
Al-A'raf · Hud
Both introduce Shu'ayb sent to Madyan with the same call to worship Allah alone; 7:85 continues with commands to fill the measure and scale justly, 11:84 echoes the same economic injunctions.
Hud · Al-Buruj
11:90 'inna rabbi rahimun wadud' and 85:14 'wa huwa al-ghafur al-wadud' both pair Allah's name 'al-Wadud' (the Loving) with another attribute — 11:90 with 'rahimun' and 85:14 with 'al-ghafur' — making 'Wadud' the anchor word for both.
Hud · Hud
Adjacent verses within Hud sharing the formula 'abiding therein as long as the heavens and earth endure, except what your Lord wills'; 11:107 applies it to the people of the Fire, 11:108 applies the same phrase to the people of Paradise.
Hud · Fussilat
Nearly identical: Moses was given the Book and people disputed over it; but for a prior divine word, judgment would have been passed. Differs only in the pause mark after the first clause.