Surah Al-Muminoon · Ayah 76·Makkī

76

وَلَقَدْ فَمَا وَمَا ﴿٧٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

اهمیت تواضع و خضوع در دعا

استکانت» به معنای خضوع آ» و «تضرع» به معنای تسلیم آمیخته با تواضع و خضوع است. در برخی از روایاتی که از امامان اهل‌بیت(ع) نقل شده» برای این دو کلمه مصداق عملی مشخص گردیده است. در روایتی از امام باقر(ع) در ذیل این آیه می‌خوانیم: «استکانت یعنی خضوع و تضرع این است که دست‌ها را به التماس بلند کنی.» در حدیث دیگر از امام صادق(ع) نقل شده است: «منظور از استکانت. دعا است. و تضرعء بلند کردن دست‌ها در نماز (یعنی قنوت) است.» در روایت دیگری از امام علی(ع) در معنای این آیه چنین آمده است: «در دعا تواضع و خضوع ندارند؛ زیرا اگر خضوع داشته باشند. خداوند دعایشان را مستجاب می‌کند.» البته این احادیثء معنای آیه را محدود نمی‌کند؛ بلکه شاید روش‌ها و آداب تضرع و استکانت به درگاه خداوند را به ما می‌آموزد.

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 8 words

Rarest here: ك-ي-ن 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 13 points across 5 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī2
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

8 words · 43 letters · āyah 76 of 118

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.

  • وَلَوْ أَنَّآ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُم بِعَذَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَٰتِكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخْزَىٰ

    And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses before we…

  • فَلَوْلَآ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَا تَضَرَّعُوا۟ وَلَٰكِن قَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    Then why, when Our punishment came to them, did they not humble themselves? But their hearts became hardened, and Satan made attractive to them that which they were doing.

  • وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

  • إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ

    Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -

  • وَمَا ظَلَمْنَٰهُمْ وَلَٰكِن ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَمَآ أَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ ءَالِهَتُهُمُ ٱلَّتِى يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ لَّمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ وَمَا زَادُوهُمْ غَيْرَ تَتْبِيبٍ

    And We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. And they were not availed at all by their gods which they invoked other than Allah when there came the command of your…

  • ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَٰهُم بِمَا كَفَرُوا۟ وَهَلْ نُجَٰزِىٓ إِلَّا ٱلْكَفُورَ

    [By] that We repaid them because they disbelieved. And do We [thus] repay except the ungrateful?

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 6:422 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ

    ض-ر-عأ-خ-ذ

  • Al-A'raaf 7:942 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّآ أَخَذْنَآ أَهْلَهَا بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ

    ض-ر-عأ-خ-ذ

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1462 shared roots

    وَكَأَيِّن مِّن نَّبِىٍّ قَٰتَلَ مَعَهُۥ رِبِّيُّونَ كَثِيرٌ فَمَا وَهَنُوا۟ لِمَآ أَصَابَهُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا ضَعُفُوا۟ وَمَا ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟ وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ

    ك-ي-نر-ب-ب

  • Al-A'raaf 7:552 shared roots

    ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ

    ض-ر-عر-ب-ب

  • Al-A'raaf 7:2052 shared roots

    وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ فِى نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعًا وَخِيفَةً وَدُونَ ٱلْجَهْرِ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ بِٱلْغُدُوِّ وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ وَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْغَٰفِلِينَ

    ض-ر-عر-ب-ب

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1582 shared roots

    فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    أ-خ-ذع-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 23:76?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 23:76 include Quran 20:134 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 6:43 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 21:46 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 70:28 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij). For example, 20:134 reads: “And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses before we…” 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 23:76 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 23:76 (Surah Al-Muminoon, The Believers) reads: “And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]”

Which surah is verse 23:76 in?

Quran 23:76 is āyah 76 of Surah Al-Muminoon (The Believers), chapter 23 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 118 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 23:76?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 23:76 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 23:76?

Tartīl presents Quran 23:76 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.