Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 192·Makkī

192

وَلَا لَهُمْ وَلَآ ﴿١٩٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

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

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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 · 3 roots in 4 of 7 words

Recitation · 11 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Heavy rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 33 letters · āyah 192 of 206

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 7:197 · Al-A'raafvery close

    وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ

    And those you call upon besides Him are unable to help you, nor can they help themselves."

  • Quran 3:22 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ

    They are the ones whose deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and for them there will be no helpers.

  • Quran 36:75 · Yaseenclose

    لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُندٌ مُّحْضَرُونَ

    They are not able to help them, and they [themselves] are for them soldiers in attendance.

  • Quran 36:50 · Yaseenclose

    فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ تَوْصِيَةً وَلَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

    And they will not be able [to give] any instruction, nor to their people can they return.

  • Quran 6:26 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَهُمْ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَيَنْـَٔوْنَ عَنْهُ وَإِن يُهْلِكُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

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

  • Quran 4:98 · An-Nisaaclose

    إِلَّا ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا

    Except for the oppressed among men, women and children who cannot devise a plan nor are they directed to a way -

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-A'raaf 7:1973 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ

    ط-و-عن-ص-رن-ف-س

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1973 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ

    ط-و-عن-ص-رن-ف-س

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:452 shared roots

    فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ

    ط-و-عن-ص-ر

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:433 shared roots

    أَمْ لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ تَمْنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَا لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصْحَبُونَ

    ط-و-عن-ص-رن-ف-س

  • Yaseen 36:752 shared roots

    لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُندٌ مُّحْضَرُونَ

    ط-و-عن-ص-ر

  • Al-Furqaan 25:192 shared roots

    فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوكُم بِمَا تَقُولُونَ فَمَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ صَرْفًا وَلَا نَصْرًا وَمَن يَظْلِم مِّنكُمْ نُذِقْهُ عَذَابًا كَبِيرًا

    ط-و-عن-ص-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:192?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:192 include Quran 7:197 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 3:22 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 36:75 (Surah Yaseen), and Quran 36:50 (Surah Yaseen). For example, 7:197 reads: “And those you call upon besides Him are unable to help you, nor can they help themselves."” 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 7:192 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:192 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “And the false deities are unable to [give] them help, nor can they help themselves.”

Which surah is verse 7:192 in?

Quran 7:192 is āyah 192 of Surah Al-A'raaf (The Heights), chapter 7 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 206 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 7:192?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:192 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.