Surah Al-An'aam · Ayah 36·Makkī

36

إِنَّمَا ٱلَّذِينَ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ ﴿٣٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Only those who hear will respond. But the dead - Allah will resurrect them; then to Him they will be returned.

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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 6 of 10 words

Recitation · 12 points across 5 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 50 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 36 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 35:22 · Faatirclose

    وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَحْيَآءُ وَلَا ٱلْأَمْوَٰتُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسْمِعُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَّن فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ

    And not equal are the living and the dead. Indeed, Allah causes to hear whom He wills, but you cannot make hear those in the graves.

  • Quran 22:7 · Al-Hajjclose

    وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَن فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ

    And [that they may know] that the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - and that Allah will resurrect those in the graves.

  • Quran 58:6 · Al-Mujaadilaclose

    يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ جَمِيعًا فَيُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوٓا۟ أَحْصَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ وَنَسُوهُ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

    On the Day when Allah will resurrect them all and inform them of what they did. Allah had enumerated it, while they forgot it; and Allah is, over all things, Witness.

  • Quran 3:158 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    وَلَئِن مُّتُّمْ أَوْ قُتِلْتُمْ لَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

    And whether you die or are killed, unto Allah you will be gathered.

  • Quran 45:6 · Al-Jaathiyaclose

    تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ وَءَايَٰتِهِۦ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    These are the verses of Allah which We recite to you in truth. Then in what statement after Allah and His verses will they believe?

  • Quran 64:7 · At-Taghaabunclose

    زَعَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَن لَّن يُبْعَثُوا۟ قُلْ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّى لَتُبْعَثُنَّ ثُمَّ لَتُنَبَّؤُنَّ بِمَا عَمِلْتُمْ وَذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

    Those who disbelieve have claimed that they will never be resurrected. Say, "Yes, by my Lord, you will surely be resurrected; then you will surely be informed of what you did. And…

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.

  • Yunus 10:562 shared roots

    هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    ر-ج-عم-و-ت

  • Al-Muminoon 23:372 shared roots

    إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

    ب-ع-ثم-و-ت

  • Al-Baqara 2:562 shared roots

    ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَٰكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

    ب-ع-ثم-و-ت

  • Al-Muminoon 23:992 shared roots

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرْجِعُونِ

    ر-ج-عم-و-ت

  • As-Saaffaat 37:162 shared roots

    أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

    ب-ع-ثم-و-ت

  • Al-Baqara 2:283 shared roots

    كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَٰتًا فَأَحْيَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    ر-ج-عم-و-تأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 6:36?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 6:36 include Quran 35:22 (Surah Faatir), Quran 22:7 (Surah Al-Hajj), Quran 58:6 (Surah Al-Mujaadila), and Quran 3:158 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan). For example, 35:22 reads: “And not equal are the living and the dead. Indeed, Allah causes to hear whom He wills, but you cannot make hear those in the graves.” 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 6:36 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 6:36 (Surah Al-An'aam, The Cattle) reads: “Only those who hear will respond. But the dead - Allah will resurrect them; then to Him they will be returned.”

Which surah is verse 6:36 in?

Quran 6:36 is āyah 36 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 6:36?

Tartīl presents Quran 6:36 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.