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Similar verses of the Quran (mutashabihat)

المتشابهات اللفظية في القرآن الكريم

Many verses differ by a single word: the same opening, the same ending, a “و” instead of a “ف”, one extra word. This is the first trap when reciting from memory. For each surah, find its similar verses compared word by word with the differences highlighted: 2224 verses in 107 surahs.

How to read these comparisons

Both verses are aligned word by word on the Arabic text, which is never altered. Identical verses (refrains) are grouped in a single card with all their places.

Every card can be played: the verse, then its similar verses one after the other, so the difference sticks by ear. Memorisation notes and the scholars’ explanation open from the options.

different word same letters, different vowels

The 114 surahs

  1. 1Al-Fatihah5 verses
  2. 2Al-Baqarah125 verses
  3. 3Ali ’Imran77 verses
  4. 4An-Nisa36 verses
  5. 5Al-Ma’idah40 verses
  6. 6Al-An’am53 verses
  7. 7Al-A’raf100 verses
  8. 8Al-Anfal27 verses
  9. 9At-Tawbah31 verses
  10. 10Yunus56 verses
  11. 11Hud51 verses
  12. 12Yusuf22 verses
  13. 13Ar-Ra’d18 verses
  14. 14Ibrahim21 verses
  15. 15Al-Hijr46 verses
  16. 16An-Nahl60 verses
  17. 17Al-Isra26 verses
  18. 18Al-Kahf26 verses
  19. 19Maryam28 verses
  20. 20Taha34 verses
  21. 21Al-Anbya36 verses
  22. 22Al-Hajj25 verses
  23. 23Al-Mu’minun52 verses
  24. 24An-Nur17 verses
  25. 25Al-Furqan14 verses
  26. 26Ash-Shu’ara129 verses
  27. 27An-Naml43 verses
  28. 28Al-Qasas39 verses
  29. 29Al-’Ankabut38 verses
  30. 30Ar-Rum27 verses
  31. 31Luqman19 verses
  32. 32As-Sajdah15 verses
  33. 33Al-Ahzab14 verses
  34. 34Saba20 verses
  35. 35Fatir22 verses
  36. 36Ya-Sin28 verses
  37. 37As-Saffat74 verses
  38. 38Sad37 verses
  39. 39Az-Zumar37 verses
  40. 40Ghafir41 verses
  41. 41Fussilat19 verses
  42. 42Ash-Shuraa20 verses
  43. 43Az-Zukhruf37 verses
  44. 44Ad-Dukhan24 verses
  45. 45Al-Jathiyah26 verses
  46. 46Al-Ahqaf14 verses
  47. 47Muhammad12 verses
  48. 48Al-Fath11 verses
  49. 49Al-Hujurat6 verses
  50. 50Qaf14 verses
  51. 51Adh-Dhariyat19 verses
  52. 52At-Tur17 verses
  53. 53An-Najm7 verses
  54. 54Al-Qamar17 verses
  55. 55Ar-Rahman47 verses
  56. 56Al-Waqi’ah24 verses
  57. 57Al-Hadid15 verses
  58. 58Al-Mujadila4 verses
  59. 59Al-Hashr8 verses
  60. 60Al-Mumtahanah1 verse
  61. 61As-Saf6 verses
  62. 62Al-Jumu’ah6 verses
  63. 63Al-Munafiqun3 verses
  64. 64At-Taghabun10 verses
  65. 65At-Talaq2 verses
  66. 66At-Tahrim3 verses
  67. 67Al-Mulk11 verses
  68. 68Al-Qalam17 verses
  69. 69Al-Haqqah13 verses
  70. 70Al-Ma’arij13 verses
  71. 71Nuh6 verses
  72. 72Al-Jinn3 verses
  73. 73Al-Muzzammil3 verses
  74. 74Al-Muddaththir11 verses
  75. 75Al-Qiyamah9 verses
  76. 76Al-Insan10 verses
  77. 77Al-Mursalat22 verses
  78. 78An-Naba9 verses
  79. 79An-Nazi’at14 verses
  80. 80’Abasa5 verses
  81. 81At-Takwir6 verses
  82. 82Al-Infitar6 verses
  83. 83Al-Mutaffifin16 verses
  84. 84Al-Inshiqaq10 verses
  85. 85Al-Buruj5 verses
  86. 86At-Tariq1 verse
  87. 87Al-A’la2 verses
  88. 88Al-Ghashiyah5 verses
  89. 89Al-Fajr5 verses
  90. 90Al-Balad5 verses
  91. 91Ash-Shams2 verses
  92. 92Al-Layl3 verses
  93. 93Ad-Duhaanone
  94. 94Ash-Sharh2 verses
  95. 95At-Tin2 verses
  96. 96Al-’Alaq2 verses
  97. 97Al-Qadr2 verses
  98. 98Al-Bayyinah3 verses
  99. 99Az-Zalzalah2 verses
  100. 100Al-’Adiyatnone
  101. 101Al-Qari’ah6 verses
  102. 102At-Takathur2 verses
  103. 103Al-’Asr1 verse
  104. 104Al-Humazah1 verse
  105. 105Al-Fil1 verse
  106. 106Qurayshnone
  107. 107Al-Ma’un2 verses
  108. 108Al-Kawtharnone
  109. 109Al-Kafirun3 verses
  110. 110An-Nasrnone
  111. 111Al-Masadnone
  112. 112Al-Ikhlasnone
  113. 113Al-Falaq1 verse
  114. 114An-Nas1 verse
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