Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 88·Makkī

88

لَا وَلَا ﴿٨٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 6 words

Recitation · 6 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Ikhfāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 19 letters · āyah 88 of 227

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

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    It is the Day when a soul will not possess for another soul [power to do] a thing; and the command, that Day, is [entirely] with Allah.

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    O mankind, fear your Lord and fear a Day when no father will avail his son, nor will a son avail his father at all. Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth, so let not the worldly…

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    رِجَالٌ لَّا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَٰرَةٌ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِيتَآءِ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ يَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا تَتَقَلَّبُ فِيهِ ٱلْقُلُوبُ وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ

    [Are] men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah and performance of prayer and giving of zakah. They fear a Day in which the hearts and eyes will…

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    And remove the fury in the believers' hearts. And Allah turns in forgiveness to whom He wills; and Allah is Knowing and Wise.

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    O my sons, go and find out about Joseph and his brother and despair not of relief from Allah. Indeed, no one despairs of relief from Allah except the disbelieving people."

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:88?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:88 include Quran 15:37 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 82:19 (Surah Al-Infitaar), Quran 31:33 (Surah Luqman), and Quran 24:37 (Surah An-Noor). For example, 15:37 reads: “[Allah] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved” 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 26:88 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:88 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children”

Which surah is verse 26:88 in?

Quran 26:88 is āyah 88 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 26:88?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:88 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.