Surah Al-An'aam · Ayah 123·Makkī

123

وَكَذَٰلِكَ فِى فِيهَا وَمَا إِلَّا وَمَا ﴿١٢٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And thus We have placed within every city the greatest of its criminals to conspire therein. But they conspire not except against themselves, and they perceive [it] not.

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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 · 8 roots in 9 of 15 words

Recitation · 25 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī14
  • Iẓhār2
  • Heavy rāʾ5
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī3

Commentary

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

Shape

15 words · 68 letters · āyah 123 of 165

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.

  • وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ

    And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.

  • كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    Thus do We insert denial into the hearts of the criminals.

  • وَتَرَىٰ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُمْ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    And you see many of them hastening into sin and aggression and the devouring of [what is] unlawful. How wretched is what they have been doing.

  • وَكَانَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

    And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].

  • ذَٰلِكَ أَن لَّمْ يَكُن رَّبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا غَٰفِلُونَ

    That is because your Lord would not destroy the cities for wrongdoing while their people were unaware.

  • وَقَالُوا۟ مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ

    And they will say, "Why do we not see men whom we used to count among the worst?

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.

  • An-Naml 27:502 shared roots

    وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا وَمَكَرْنَا مَكْرًا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    م-ك-رش-ع-ر

  • Nooh 71:222 shared roots

    وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا

    م-ك-رك-ب-ر

  • Al-Qalam 68:352 shared roots

    أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    ج-ر-مج-ع-ل

  • An-Nahl 16:452 shared roots

    أَفَأَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَكَرُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَخْسِفَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    م-ك-رش-ع-ر

  • Ar-Ra'd 13:423 shared roots

    وَقَدْ مَكَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَكْرُ جَمِيعًا يَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْسِبُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلْكُفَّٰرُ لِمَنْ عُقْبَى ٱلدَّارِ

    م-ك-رن-ف-سك-ل-ل

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:312 shared roots

    وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَفَلَمْ تَكُنْ ءَايَٰتِى تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ وَكُنتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ

    ج-ر-مك-ب-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 6:123?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 6:123 include Quran 21:11 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 15:12 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 5:62 (Surah Al-Maaida), and Quran 27:48 (Surah An-Naml). For example, 21:11 reads: “And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.” 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 6:123 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 6:123 (Surah Al-An'aam, The Cattle) reads: “And thus We have placed within every city the greatest of its criminals to conspire therein. But they conspire not except against themselves, and they perceive [it] not.”

Which surah is verse 6:123 in?

Quran 6:123 is āyah 123 of Surah Al-An'aam (The Cattle), chapter 6 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 165 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 6:123?

Tartīl presents Quran 6:123 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.