Surah Al-An'aam · Ayah 77·Makkī

77

فَلَمَّا هَٰذَا فَلَمَّآ لَئِن لَّمْ مِنَ ﴿٧٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when he saw the moon rising, he said, "This is my lord." But when it set, he said, "Unless my Lord guides me, I will surely be among the people gone astray."

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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 · 10 roots in 12 of 18 words

Rarest here: ب-ز-غ 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 25 points across 6 rule families

  • Ghunnah3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī12
  • Heavy rāʾ4
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

18 words · 69 letters · āyah 77 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.

  • كَذَٰلِكَ وَقَدْ أَحَطْنَا بِمَا لَدَيْهِ خُبْرًا

    Thus. And We had encompassed [all] that he had in knowledge.

  • قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

    He said, "My Lord is most knowing of what you do."

  • قَالَ رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرْتَنِىٓ أَعْمَىٰ وَقَدْ كُنتُ بَصِيرًا

    He will say, "My Lord, why have you raised me blind while I was [once] seeing?"

  • فَالِقُ ٱلْإِصْبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ سَكَنًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ حُسْبَانًا ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ

    [He is] the cleaver of daybreak and has made the night for rest and the sun and moon for calculation. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

  • بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا

    But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.

  • قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى ضَلَٰلَةٌ وَلَٰكِنِّى رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    [Noah] said, "O my people, there is not error in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds."

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.

  • Al-An'aam 6:785 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلشَّمْسَ بَازِغَةً قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّى هَٰذَآ أَكْبَرُ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَتْ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ

    ب-ز-غأ-ف-لر-أ-يق-و-مر-ب-ب

  • Al-An'aam 6:785 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلشَّمْسَ بَازِغَةً قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّى هَٰذَآ أَكْبَرُ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَتْ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ

    ب-ز-غأ-ف-لر-أ-يق-و-مر-ب-ب

  • Al-An'aam 6:764 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلَّيْلُ رَءَا كَوْكَبًا قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّى فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَآ أُحِبُّ ٱلْـَٔافِلِينَ

    أ-ف-لر-أ-ير-ب-بق-و-ل

  • Al-An'aam 6:764 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلَّيْلُ رَءَا كَوْكَبًا قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّى فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَآ أُحِبُّ ٱلْـَٔافِلِينَ

    أ-ف-لر-أ-ير-ب-بق-و-ل

  • Taa-Haa 20:793 shared roots

    وَأَضَلَّ فِرْعَوْنُ قَوْمَهُۥ وَمَا هَدَىٰ

    ض-ل-له-د-يق-و-م

  • Al-Mutaffifin 83:323 shared roots

    وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

    ض-ل-لر-أ-يق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 6:77?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 6:77 include Quran 18:91 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 26:188 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 20:125 (Surah Taa-Haa), and Quran 6:96 (Surah Al-An'aam). For example, 18:91 reads: “Thus. And We had encompassed [all] that he had in knowledge.” 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 6:77 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 6:77 (Surah Al-An'aam, The Cattle) reads: “And when he saw the moon rising, he said, "This is my lord." But when it set, he said, "Unless my Lord guides me, I will surely be among the people gone astray."”

Which surah is verse 6:77 in?

Quran 6:77 is āyah 77 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 6:77?

Tartīl presents Quran 6:77 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.