Surah An-Nisaa · Ayah 26·Madanī

26

لَكُمْ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن عَلَيْكُمْ ﴿٢٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Allah wants to make clear to you [the lawful from the unlawful] and guide you to the [good] practices of those before you and to accept your repentance. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.

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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 · 9 roots in 10 of 14 words

Recitation · 17 points across 7 rule families

  • Light rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Heavy Allāh2

Commentary

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

Shape

14 words · 61 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 26 of 176

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 يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

    Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you might use reason.

  • وَيُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

    And Allah makes clear to you the verses, and Allah is Knowing and Wise.

  • كَذَٰلِكَ يُوحِىٓ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    Thus has He revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and to those before you - Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

  • وَيَنصُرَكَ ٱللَّهُ نَصْرًا عَزِيزًا

    And [that] Allah may aid you with a mighty victory.

  • وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عُرْضَةً لِّأَيْمَٰنِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ وَتُصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

    And do not make [your oath by] Allah an excuse against being righteous and fearing Allah and making peace among people. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

  • إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تُؤَدُّوا۟ ٱلْأَمَٰنَٰتِ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهَا وَإِذَا حَكَمْتُم بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ أَن تَحْكُمُوا۟ بِٱلْعَدْلِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ نِعِمَّا يَعِظُكُم بِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ سَمِيعًۢا بَصِيرًا

    Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to whom they are due and when you judge between people to judge with justice. Excellent is that which Allah instructs you. Indeed…

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-Hajj 22:164 shared roots

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يُرِيدُ

    ر-و-ده-د-يب-ي-نأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Israa 17:772 shared roots

    سُنَّةَ مَن قَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَا وَلَا تَجِدُ لِسُنَّتِنَا تَحْوِيلًا

    س-ن-نق-ب-ل

  • An-Noor 24:184 shared roots

    وَيُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

    ح-ك-مب-ي-نع-ل-مأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Kahf 18:553 shared roots

    وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ قُبُلًا

    س-ن-نه-د-يق-ب-ل

  • An-Noor 24:103 shared roots

    وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ حَكِيمٌ

    ت-و-بح-ك-مأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Fath 48:233 shared roots

    سُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ ٱللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا

    س-ن-نق-ب-لأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 4:26?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 4:26 include Quran 2:242 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 24:18 (Surah An-Noor), Quran 42:3 (Surah Ash-Shura), and Quran 48:3 (Surah Al-Fath). For example, 2:242 reads: “Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you might use reason.” 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 4:26 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 4:26 (Surah An-Nisaa, The Women) reads: “Allah wants to make clear to you [the lawful from the unlawful] and guide you to the [good] practices of those before you and to accept your repentance. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.”

Which surah is verse 4:26 in?

Quran 4:26 is āyah 26 of Surah An-Nisaa (The Women), chapter 4 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 176 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 4:26?

Tartīl presents Quran 4:26 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.