Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 156·Makkī

156

وَلَا ﴿١٥٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day."

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 7 words

Recitation · 9 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 31 letters · āyah 156 of 227

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 17:29 · Al-Israaclose

    وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ ٱلْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًا مَّحْسُورًا

    And do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck or extend it completely and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent.

  • Quran 12:32 · Yusufclose

    قَالَتْ فَذَٰلِكُنَّ ٱلَّذِى لُمْتُنَّنِى فِيهِ وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ فَٱسْتَعْصَمَ وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَآ ءَامُرُهُۥ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰغِرِينَ

    She said, "That is the one about whom you blamed me. And I certainly sought to seduce him, but he firmly refused; and if he will not do what I order him, he will surely be…

  • Quran 72:21 · Al-Jinnclose

    قُلْ إِنِّى لَآ أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا رَشَدًا

    Say, "Indeed, I do not possess for you [the power of] harm or right direction."

  • Quran 78:30 · An-Nabarelated

    فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

    "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

  • Quran 43:39 · Az-Zukhrufrelated

    وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِذ ظَّلَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

    And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are [all] sharing in the punishment.

  • Quran 4:3 · An-Nisaarelated

    وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا۟ فِى ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ فَٱنكِحُوا۟ مَا طَابَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ مَثْنَىٰ وَثُلَٰثَ وَرُبَٰعَ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا۟ فَوَٰحِدَةً أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُمْ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعُولُوا۟

    And if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry those that please you of [other] women, two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not be…

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:156?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:156 include Quran 17:29 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 12:32 (Surah Yusuf), Quran 72:21 (Surah Al-Jinn), and Quran 78:30 (Surah An-Naba). For example, 17:29 reads: “And do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck or extend it completely and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent.” 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 26:156 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:156 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day."”

Which surah is verse 26:156 in?

Quran 26:156 is āyah 156 of Surah Ash-Shu'araa (The Poets), chapter 26 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 227 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 26:156?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:156 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.