Surah Al-An'aam · Ayah 6·Makkī

6

أَلَمْ كَمْ مِن مِّن فِى مَا لَمْ لَّكُمْ عَلَيْهِم مِن مِنۢ ﴿٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them which We had established upon the earth as We have not established you? And We sent [rain from] the sky upon them in showers and made rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their sins and brought forth after them a generation of others.

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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 · 17 roots in 20 of 31 words

Rarest here: د-ر-ر 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 51 points across 7 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī11
  • Heavy rāʾ6
  • Madd ṭabīʿī14
  • Ikhfāʾ10
  • Qalqalah3
  • Ghunnah4
  • Lām qamariyyah3

Commentary

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

Shape

31 words · 136 letters · āyah 6 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.

  • أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

    Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them will not return?

  • وَإِن كُلٌّ لَّمَّا جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ

    And indeed, all of them will yet be brought present before Us.

  • وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْقُرُونَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    And We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and their messengers had come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe. Thus do We recompense…

  • وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًۢا

    And how many have We destroyed before them of generations? Do you perceive of them anyone or hear from them a sound?

  • ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

    Then We will follow them with the later ones.

  • وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ

    And how many a generation before them did We destroy who were greater than them in [striking] power and had explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of escape?

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 6:6?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 6:6 include Quran 36:31 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 36:32 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 10:13 (Surah Yunus), and Quran 19:98 (Surah Maryam). For example, 36:31 reads: “Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them will not return?” 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 6:6 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 6:6 (Surah Al-An'aam, The Cattle) reads: “Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them which We had established upon the earth as We have not established you? And We sent [rain from] the sky upon them in showers and made rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their…”

Which surah is verse 6:6 in?

Quran 6:6 is āyah 6 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 6:6?

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