Surah Al-An'aam · Ayah 26·Makkī

26

وَهُمْ عَنْهُ عَنْهُ وَإِن إِلَّآ وَمَا ﴿٢٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they prevent [others] from him and are [themselves] remote from him. And they do not destroy except themselves, but they perceive [it] not.

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 5 roots in 5 of 11 words

Rarest here: ن-أ-ي 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 12 points across 4 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Iẓhār6
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

11 words · 47 letters · āyah 26 of 165

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ

    And indeed, the devils avert them from the way [of guidance] while they think that they are [rightly] guided

  • دُحُورًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ

    Repelled; and for them is a constant punishment,

  • وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ

    And no revelation comes to them anew from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it.

  • وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُم مِّن شُرَكَآئِهِمْ شُفَعَٰٓؤُا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ كَٰفِرِينَ

    And there will not be for them among their [alleged] partners any intercessors, and they will [then] be disbelievers in their partners.

  • يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ مَعَهُمْ إِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ مَا لَا يَرْضَىٰ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطًا

    They conceal [their evil intentions and deeds] from the people, but they cannot conceal [them] from Allah, and He is with them [in His knowledge] when they spend the night in such…

  • وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْرًا وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ

    And the false deities are unable to [give] them help, nor can they help themselves.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Taa-Haa 20:1282 shared roots

    أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَٰكِنِهِمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ

    ن-ه-يه-ل-ك

  • Al-Baqara 2:92 shared roots

    يُخَٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    ش-ع-رن-ف-س

  • An-Naazi'aat 79:402 shared roots

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

    ن-ه-ين-ف-س

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:692 shared roots

    وَدَّت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَوْ يُضِلُّونَكُمْ وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    ش-ع-رن-ف-س

  • Al-An'aam 6:1232 shared roots

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ أَكَٰبِرَ مُجْرِمِيهَا لِيَمْكُرُوا۟ فِيهَا وَمَا يَمْكُرُونَ إِلَّا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    ش-ع-رن-ف-س

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1172 shared roots

    مَثَلُ مَا يُنفِقُونَ فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ رِيحٍ فِيهَا صِرٌّ أَصَابَتْ حَرْثَ قَوْمٍ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَأَهْلَكَتْهُ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَٰكِنْ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

    ه-ل-كن-ف-س

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 6:26?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 6:26 include Quran 43:37 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 37:9 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 26:5 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 30:13 (Surah Ar-Room). For example, 43:37 reads: “And indeed, the devils avert them from the way [of guidance] while they think that they are [rightly] guided” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 6:26 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 6:26 (Surah Al-An'aam, The Cattle) reads: “And they prevent [others] from him and are [themselves] remote from him. And they do not destroy except themselves, but they perceive [it] not.”

Which surah is verse 6:26 in?

Quran 6:26 is āyah 26 of Surah Al-An'aam (The Cattle), chapter 6 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 165 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 6:26?

Tartīl presents Quran 6:26 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.