Surah Al-Ghaashiya · Ayah 6·Makkī

6

لَهُمْ إِلَّا مِن ﴿٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

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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 3 of 6 words

Rarest here: ض-ر-ع — 8× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Iẓhār2
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 19 letters · āyah 6 of 26

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 78:25 · An-Nabaclose

    إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

    Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

  • Quran 56:19 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ

    No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated -

  • Quran 78:24 · An-Nabaclose

    لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

    They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink

  • Quran 37:66 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَإِنَّهُمْ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

    And indeed, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies.

  • Quran 56:53 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

    And filling with it your bellies

  • Quran 56:55 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ

    And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.

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-Maaida 5:932 shared roots

    لَيْسَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جُنَاحٌ فِيمَا طَعِمُوٓا۟ إِذَا مَا ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ ثُمَّ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّءَامَنُوا۟ ثُمَّ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّأَحْسَنُوا۟ وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

    ط-ع-مل-ي-س

  • Al-Baqara 2:2492 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا فَصَلَ طَالُوتُ بِٱلْجُنُودِ قَالَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُبْتَلِيكُم بِنَهَرٍ فَمَن شَرِبَ مِنْهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّى وَمَن لَّمْ يَطْعَمْهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنِّىٓ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱغْتَرَفَ غُرْفَةًۢ بِيَدِهِۦ فَشَرِبُوا۟ مِنْهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّنْهُمْ فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُۥ هُوَ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ قَالُوا۟ لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا ٱلْيَوْمَ بِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِۦ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَٰقُوا۟ ٱللَّهِ كَم مِّن فِئَةٍ قَلِيلَةٍ غَلَبَتْ فِئَةً كَثِيرَةًۢ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ مَعَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ

    ط-ع-مل-ي-س

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 88:6?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 88:6 include Quran 78:25 (Surah An-Naba), Quran 56:19 (Surah Al-Waaqia), Quran 78:24 (Surah An-Naba), and Quran 37:66 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 78:25 reads: “Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -” 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 88:6 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 88:6 (Surah Al-Ghaashiya, The Overwhelming) reads: “For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant”

Which surah is verse 88:6 in?

Quran 88:6 is āyah 6 of Surah Al-Ghaashiya (The Overwhelming), chapter 88 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 26 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 88:6?

Tartīl presents Quran 88:6 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.