Surah Al-Anfaal · Ayah 26·Madanī

26

إِذْ أَنتُمْ فِى أَن مِّنَ لَعَلَّكُمْ ﴿٢٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And remember when you were few and oppressed in the land, fearing that people might abduct you, but He sheltered you, supported you with His victory, and provided you with good things - that you might be grateful.

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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 · 13 roots in 13 of 19 words

Rarest here: خ-ط-ف — 7× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 29 points across 6 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ4
  • Madd ṭabīʿī11
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Iẓhār shafawī5
  • Ghunnah3
  • Lām qamariyyah3

Commentary

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

Shape

19 words · 95 letters · āyah 26 of 75

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.

  • Quran 26:133 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَٰمٍ وَبَنِينَ

    Provided you with grazing livestock and children

  • Quran 21:80 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَعَلَّمْنَٰهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍ لَّكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُم مِّنۢ بَأْسِكُمْ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ شَٰكِرُونَ

    And We taught him the fashioning of coats of armor to protect you from your [enemy in] battle. So will you then be grateful?

  • Quran 93:7 · Ad-Dhuhaaclose

    وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدَىٰ

    And He found you lost and guided [you],

  • Quran 16:110 · An-Nahlclose

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا فُتِنُوا۟ ثُمَّ جَٰهَدُوا۟ وَصَبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    Then, indeed your Lord, to those who emigrated after they had been compelled [to renounce their religion] and thereafter fought [for the cause of Allah] and were patient - indeed…

  • Quran 4:72 · An-Nisaaclose

    وَإِنَّ مِنكُمْ لَمَن لَّيُبَطِّئَنَّ فَإِنْ أَصَٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالَ قَدْ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىَّ إِذْ لَمْ أَكُن مَّعَهُمْ شَهِيدًا

    And indeed, there is among you he who lingers behind; and if disaster strikes you, he says, "Allah has favored me in that I was not present with them."

  • Quran 25:18 · Al-Furqaanclose

    قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنۢبَغِى لَنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَٰكِن مَّتَّعْتَهُمْ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ نَسُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا بُورًا

    They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a…

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-Baqara 2:1723 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَٰكُمْ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لِلَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

    ط-ي-بش-ك-رر-ز-ق

  • Al-Jinn 72:243 shared roots

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَأَوْا۟ مَا يُوعَدُونَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَضْعَفُ نَاصِرًا وَأَقَلُّ عَدَدًا

    ض-ع-فق-ل-لن-ص-ر

  • An-Nahl 16:1143 shared roots

    فَكُلُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ حَلَٰلًا طَيِّبًا وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

    ط-ي-بش-ك-رر-ز-ق

  • Al-Baqara 2:1522 shared roots

    فَٱذْكُرُونِىٓ أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لِى وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ

    ش-ك-رذ-ك-ر

  • Saad 38:172 shared roots

    ٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُۥدَ ذَا ٱلْأَيْدِ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ

    أ-ي-دذ-ك-ر

  • Al-Anfaal 8:622 shared roots

    وَإِن يُرِيدُوٓا۟ أَن يَخْدَعُوكَ فَإِنَّ حَسْبَكَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَيَّدَكَ بِنَصْرِهِۦ وَبِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    أ-ي-دن-ص-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 8:26?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 8:26 include Quran 26:133 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 21:80 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 93:7 (Surah Ad-Dhuhaa), and Quran 16:110 (Surah An-Nahl). For example, 26:133 reads: “Provided you with grazing livestock and children” 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 8:26 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 8:26 (Surah Al-Anfaal, The Spoils of War) reads: “And remember when you were few and oppressed in the land, fearing that people might abduct you, but He sheltered you, supported you with His victory, and provided you with good things - that you might be grateful.”

Which surah is verse 8:26 in?

Quran 8:26 is āyah 26 of Surah Al-Anfaal (The Spoils of War), chapter 8 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 75 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 8:26?

Tartīl presents Quran 8:26 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.