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Mutashabihat Pairs

12 pairs

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.