Surah Al-An'aam · Ayah 29·Makkī

29

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا وَمَا نَحْنُ ﴿٢٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they say, "There is none but our worldly life, and we will not be resurrected."

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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 9 words

Recitation · 13 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Iẓhār2
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 39 letters · āyah 29 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 23:37 · Al-Muminoonvery close

    إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

    Life is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.

  • Quran 44:35 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ

    "There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.

  • Quran 45:24 · Al-Jaathiyaclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ مَا هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَآ إِلَّا ٱلدَّهْرُ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

    And they say, "There is not but our worldly life; we die and live, and nothing destroys us except time." And they have of that no knowledge; they are only assuming.

  • Quran 17:90 · Al-Israaclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَنۢبُوعًا

    And they say, "We will not believe you until you break open for us from the ground a spring.

  • Quran 36:43 · Yaseenclose

    وَإِن نَّشَأْ نُغْرِقْهُمْ فَلَا صَرِيخَ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنقَذُونَ

    And if We should will, We could drown them; then no one responding to a cry would there be for them, nor would they be saved

  • Quran 23:62 · Al-Muminoonclose

    وَلَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا وَلَدَيْنَا كِتَٰبٌ يَنطِقُ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

    And We charge no soul except [with that within] its capacity, and with Us is a record which speaks with truth; and they will not be wronged.

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-Muminoon 23:373 shared roots

    إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

    ب-ع-ثد-ن-وح-ي-ي

  • An-Nahl 16:212 shared roots

    أَمْوَٰتٌ غَيْرُ أَحْيَآءٍ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ

    ب-ع-ثح-ي-ي

  • Al-A'laa 87:162 shared roots

    بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

    د-ن-وح-ي-ي

  • An-Naazi'aat 79:382 shared roots

    وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

    د-ن-وح-ي-ي

  • Maryam 19:332 shared roots

    وَٱلسَّلَٰمُ عَلَىَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدتُّ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّا

    ب-ع-ثح-ي-ي

  • Maryam 19:152 shared roots

    وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ وُلِدَ وَيَوْمَ يَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ يُبْعَثُ حَيًّا

    ب-ع-ثح-ي-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 6:29?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 6:29 include Quran 23:37 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 44:35 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), Quran 45:24 (Surah Al-Jaathiya), and Quran 17:90 (Surah Al-Israa). For example, 23:37 reads: “Life is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.” 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 6:29 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 6:29 (Surah Al-An'aam, The Cattle) reads: “And they say, "There is none but our worldly life, and we will not be resurrected."”

Which surah is verse 6:29 in?

Quran 6:29 is āyah 29 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 6:29?

Tartīl presents Quran 6:29 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.