| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 25 (2:25:27) | مُتَشَابِهًاۜ | متشابها | muteşâbihen | (things) in resemblance | ش ب ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But give glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that their portion is Gardens, beneath which rivers flow. Every time they are fed with fruits therefrom, they say: "Why, this is what we were fed with before," for they are given things in similitude; and they have therein companions pure (and holy)(44); and they abide therein (forever).* | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 70 (2:70:11) | تَشَابَهَ | تشابه | teşâbehe | look alike | ش ب ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They said: "Beseech on our behalf Thy Lord to make plain to us what she is: To us are all heifers alike: We wish indeed for guidance, if Allah wills." | |||||
| 3 | Al-Baqarah Verse 118 (2:118:18) | تَشَابَهَتْ | تشابهت | teşâbehet | Became alike | ش ب ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say those without knowledge: "Why speaketh not Allah unto us? or why cometh not unto us a Sign?" So said the people before them words of similar import. Their hearts are alike. We have indeed made clear the Signs unto any people who hold firmly to Faith (in their hearts). | |||||
| 4 | Ali 'Imran Verse 7 (3:7:13) | مُتَشَابِهَاتٌۜ | متشابهات | muteşâbihât(un) | (are) allegorical | ش ب ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: In it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation(347) of the Book: others are allegorical. But those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part thereof that is allegorical, seeking discord, and searching for its hidden meanings, but no one knows its hidden meanings except Allah. And those who are firmly grounded(348) in knowledge say: "We believe in the Book; the whole of it is from our Lord:" and none will grasp the Message except men of understanding.* | |||||
| 5 | Ali 'Imran Verse 7 (3:7:21) | تَشَابَهَ | تشابه | teşâbehe | (is) allegorical | ش ب ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: In it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation(347) of the Book: others are allegorical. But those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part thereof that is allegorical, seeking discord, and searching for its hidden meanings, but no one knows its hidden meanings except Allah. And those who are firmly grounded(348) in knowledge say: "We believe in the Book; the whole of it is from our Lord:" and none will grasp the Message except men of understanding.* | |||||
| 6 | An-Nisa Verse 157 (4:157:15) | شُبِّهَ | شبه | şubbihe | it was made to appear (so) | ش ب ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah.;- but they killed him not, nor crucified him,(663) but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:-* | |||||
| 7 | Al-An'am Verse 99 (6:99:30) | مُشْتَبِهًا | مشتبها | muştebihen | resembling | ش ب ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is He Who sendeth down rain from the skies:(925) with it We produce vegetation of all kinds: from some We produce green (crops), out of which We produce grain, heaped up (at harvest); out of the date-palm and its sheaths (or spathes) (come) clusters of dates hanging low and near: and (then there are) gardens of grapes, and olives, and pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety):(926) when they begin to bear fruit, feast your eyes with the fruit and the ripeness thereof.(927) Behold! in these things there are signs for people who believe.(928)* | |||||
| 8 | Al-An'am Verse 99 (6:99:32) | مُتَشَابِهٍۜ | متشابه | muteşâbih(in) | resembling | ش ب ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is He Who sendeth down rain from the skies:(925) with it We produce vegetation of all kinds: from some We produce green (crops), out of which We produce grain, heaped up (at harvest); out of the date-palm and its sheaths (or spathes) (come) clusters of dates hanging low and near: and (then there are) gardens of grapes, and olives, and pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety):(926) when they begin to bear fruit, feast your eyes with the fruit and the ripeness thereof.(927) Behold! in these things there are signs for people who believe.(928)* | |||||
| 9 | Al-An'am Verse 141 (6:141:14) | مُتَشَابِهًا | متشابها | muteşâbihen | similar | ش ب ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is He Who produceth(964) gardens, with trellises and without, and dates, and tilth with produce of all kinds, and olives and pomegranates, similar (in kind) and different (in variety):(965) eat of their fruit in their season, but render the dues that are proper on the day that the harvest is gathered. But waste not(966) by excess: for Allah loveth not the wasters.* | |||||
| 10 | Al-An'am Verse 141 (6:141:16) | مُتَشَابِهٍۜ | متشابه | muteşâbih(in) | similar | ش ب ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is He Who produceth(964) gardens, with trellises and without, and dates, and tilth with produce of all kinds, and olives and pomegranates, similar (in kind) and different (in variety):(965) eat of their fruit in their season, but render the dues that are proper on the day that the harvest is gathered. But waste not(966) by excess: for Allah loveth not the wasters.* | |||||
| 11 | Ar-Ra'd Verse 16 (13:16:35) | فَتَشَابَهَ | فتشابه | fe-teşâbehe | so that seemed alike | ش ب ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "Who is the Lord and Sustainer(1828) of the heavens and the earth?" Say: "(It is) Allah." Say: "Do ye then take (for worship) protectors other than Him, such as have no power either for good or for harm to themselves?"(1829) Say: "Are the blind equal with those who see? Or the depths of darkness equal with light?" Or do they assign to Allah(1830) partners who have created (anything) as He has created, so that the creation seemed to them similar? Say: "(Allah) is the Creator of all things: He is the One, the Supreme and Irresistible."* | |||||
| 12 | Az-Zumar Verse 23 (39:23:6) | مُتَشَابِهًا | متشابها | muteşâbihen | (its parts) resembling each other | ش ب ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Allah has revealed (from time to time) the most beautiful Message in the form of a Book, consistent with itself,(4276) (yet) repeating (its teaching in various aspects):(4277) the skins of those who fear their Lord tremble(4278) thereat; then their skins and their hearts do soften to the celebration of Allah's praises. Such is the guidance of Allah. He guides therewith whom He pleases,(4279) but such as Allah leaves to stray, can have none to guide.* | |||||