Surah Al-An'aam · Ayah 23·Makkī

23

ثُمَّ لَمْ إِلَّآ أَن مَا ﴿٢٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Then there will be no [excuse upon] examination except they will say, "By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who associated."

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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 7 of 12 words

Recitation · 16 points across 7 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • 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 · 43 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 23 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.

  • Quran 6:107 · Al-An'aamvery close

    وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَآ أَشْرَكُوا۟ وَمَا جَعَلْنَٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًا وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِوَكِيلٍ

    But if Allah had willed, they would not have associated. And We have not appointed you over them as a guardian, nor are you a manager over them.

  • Quran 6:69 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَمَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ مِنْ حِسَابِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ وَلَٰكِن ذِكْرَىٰ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

    And those who fear Allah are not held accountable for the disbelievers at all, but [only for] a reminder - that perhaps they will fear Him.

  • Quran 12:73 · Yusufclose

    قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَٰرِقِينَ

    They said, "By Allah, you have certainly known that we did not come to cause corruption in the land, and we have not been thieves."

  • Quran 37:35 · As-Saaffaatclose

    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

    Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allah," were arrogant

  • Quran 72:5 · Al-Jinnclose

    وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا

    And we had thought that mankind and the jinn would never speak about Allah a lie.

  • Quran 46:13 · Al-Ahqafclose

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَقَٰمُوا۟ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

    Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allah," and then remained on a right course - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

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-Ghaafir 40:733 shared roots

    ثُمَّ قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تُشْرِكُونَ

    ش-ر-كك-و-نق-و-ل

  • Al-Muminoon 23:592 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِرَبِّهِمْ لَا يُشْرِكُونَ

    ش-ر-كر-ب-ب

  • Yunus 10:854 shared roots

    فَقَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    ف-ت-نر-ب-بق-و-لأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Kahf 18:383 shared roots

    لَّٰكِنَّا۠ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًا

    ش-ر-كر-ب-بأ-ل-ه

  • An-Naml 27:473 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ ٱطَّيَّرْنَا بِكَ وَبِمَن مَّعَكَ قَالَ طَٰٓئِرُكُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ تُفْتَنُونَ

    ف-ت-نق-و-لأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:32 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

    ف-ت-نأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 6:23?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 6:23 include Quran 6:107 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 6:69 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 12:73 (Surah Yusuf), and Quran 37:35 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 6:107 reads: “But if Allah had willed, they would not have associated. And We have not appointed you over them as a guardian, nor are you a manager over them.” 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 6:23 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 6:23 (Surah Al-An'aam, The Cattle) reads: “Then there will be no [excuse upon] examination except they will say, "By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who associated."”

Which surah is verse 6:23 in?

Quran 6:23 is āyah 23 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 6:23?

Tartīl presents Quran 6:23 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.