Surah Yaseen · Ayah 23·Makkī

23

مِن إِن لَّا عَنِّى وَلَا ﴿٢٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Should I take other than Him [false] deities [while], if the Most Merciful intends for me some adversity, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor can they save me?

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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 15 words

Rarest here: ن-ق-ذ — 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 21 points across 7 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ6
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Light rāʾ3
  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

15 words · 58 letters · āyah 23 of 83

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 74:11 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا

    Leave Me with the one I created alone

  • Quran 55:30 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

  • Quran 25:43 · Al-Furqaanclose

    أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا

    Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?

  • Quran 7:140 · Al-A'raafclose

    قَالَ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَٰهًا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    He said, "Is it other than Allah I should desire for you as a god while He has preferred you over the worlds?"

  • Quran 11:47 · Hudclose

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْـَٔلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِى وَتَرْحَمْنِىٓ أَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

    [Noah] said, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy upon me, I will be among the losers."

  • Quran 70:21 · Al-Ma'aarijclose

    وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

    And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

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.

  • Az-Zumar 39:435 shared roots

    أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ شُفَعَآءَ قُلْ أَوَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ

    ش-ف-عد-و-نأ-خ-ذش-ي-أأ-ل-ه

  • An-Najm 53:264 shared roots

    وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ

    ش-ف-عغ-ن-يش-ي-أأ-ل-ه

  • Maryam 19:873 shared roots

    لَّا يَمْلِكُونَ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَهْدًا

    ش-ف-عأ-خ-ذر-ح-م

  • Yaseen 36:432 shared roots

    وَإِن نَّشَأْ نُغْرِقْهُمْ فَلَا صَرِيخَ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنقَذُونَ

    ن-ق-ذش-ي-أ

  • Yaseen 36:432 shared roots

    وَإِن نَّشَأْ نُغْرِقْهُمْ فَلَا صَرِيخَ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنقَذُونَ

    ن-ق-ذش-ي-أ

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:664 shared roots

    قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ

    ض-ر-رد-و-نش-ي-أأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 36:23?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 36:23 include Quran 74:11 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), Quran 55:30 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan), Quran 25:43 (Surah Al-Furqaan), and Quran 7:140 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 74:11 reads: “Leave Me with the one I created alone” 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 36:23 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 36:23 (Surah Yaseen, Yaseen) reads: “Should I take other than Him [false] deities [while], if the Most Merciful intends for me some adversity, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor can they save me?”

Which surah is verse 36:23 in?

Quran 36:23 is āyah 23 of Surah Yaseen (Yaseen), chapter 36 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 83 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 36:23?

Tartīl presents Quran 36:23 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.