Surah Az-Zumar · Ayah 26·Makkī

26

فِى لَوْ ﴿٢٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So Allah made them taste disgrace in worldly life. But the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

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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 · 10 roots in 10 of 12 words

Recitation · 18 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Lām shamsiyyah5
  • Iẓhār1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 60 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 26 of 75

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 13:34 · Ar-Ra'dvery close

    لَّهُمْ عَذَابٌ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَشَقُّ وَمَا لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَاقٍ

    For them will be punishment in the life of [this] world, and the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe. And they will not have from Allah any protector.

  • Quran 68:33 · Al-Qalamvery close

    كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

    Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

  • Quran 33:57 · Al-Ahzaabvery close

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا مُّهِينًا

    Indeed, those who abuse Allah and His Messenger - Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter and prepared for them a humiliating punishment.

  • Quran 3:11 · Aal-i-Imraanvery close

    كَدَأْبِ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَٱللَّهُ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ

    [Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and those before them. They denied Our signs, so Allah seized them for their sins. And Allah is severe in penalty.

  • Quran 58:15 · Al-Mujaadilavery close

    أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا إِنَّهُمْ سَآءَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    Allah has prepared for them a severe punishment. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.

  • Quran 2:103 · Al-Baqaraclose

    وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَمَثُوبَةٌ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

    And if they had believed and feared Allah, then the reward from Allah would have been [far] better, if they only knew.

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-Qalam 68:335 shared roots

    كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

    ك-ب-رأ-خ-رع-ذ-بع-ل-مك-و-ن

  • As-Sajda 32:214 shared roots

    وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ دُونَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

    ذ-و-قد-ن-وك-ب-رع-ذ-ب

  • Fussilat 41:165 shared roots

    فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِىٓ أَيَّامٍ نَّحِسَاتٍ لِّنُذِيقَهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْخِزْىِ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَخْزَىٰ وَهُمْ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

    خ-ز-يذ-و-قد-ن-وح-ي-يأ-خ-ر

  • Ar-Ra'd 13:345 shared roots

    لَّهُمْ عَذَابٌ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَشَقُّ وَمَا لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَاقٍ

    د-ن-وح-ي-يأ-خ-رع-ذ-بأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Hijr 15:692 shared roots

    وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ

    خ-ز-يأ-ل-ه

  • Hud 11:393 shared roots

    فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

    خ-ز-يع-ذ-بع-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 39:26?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 39:26 include Quran 13:34 (Surah Ar-Ra'd), Quran 68:33 (Surah Al-Qalam), Quran 33:57 (Surah Al-Ahzaab), and Quran 3:11 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan). For example, 13:34 reads: “For them will be punishment in the life of [this] world, and the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe. And they will not have from Allah any protector.” 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 39:26 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 39:26 (Surah Az-Zumar, The Groups) reads: “So Allah made them taste disgrace in worldly life. But the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.”

Which surah is verse 39:26 in?

Quran 39:26 is āyah 26 of Surah Az-Zumar (The Groups), chapter 39 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 75 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 39:26?

Tartīl presents Quran 39:26 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.