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سُورَةُ الشُّعَرَاءِ · 26:31
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قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

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[Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful."

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Introduction

This is āyah 31 of Sūrat Ash-Shu'araa (The Poets), the 47th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 19. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
47 of 114
Surah
Ash-Shu'araa (26)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

He said: "If you choose a god other than me, I will certainly put you among the prisoners. (29)He said: "Even if I bring you something manifest? (30)He said: "Bring it forth then, if you are of the truthful! (31)So he threw his stick, and behold, it was a serpent, manifest (32)And he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to all beholders (33)He said to the chiefs around him: "Verily, this is indeed a well-versed sorcerer. (34)"He wants to drive you out of your land by his sorcery: what is it then that you command? (35)They said: "Put him off and his brother (for a while), and send callers to the cities; (36)"To bring up to you every well-versed sorcerer. (37) After the Rational Proof, Fir'awn Resorts to Force When proof had been established against Fir'awn, clearly and rationally, he resorted to using force against Musa, thinking that after this there would no further room for di…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

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Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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