Surah Al-An'aam · Ayah 8·Makkī

8

لَوْلَآ عَلَيْهِ وَلَوْ ثُمَّ لَا ﴿٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they say, "Why was there not sent down to him an angel?" But if We had sent down an angel, the matter would have been decided; then they would not be reprieved.

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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 8 of 13 words

Recitation · 15 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Ikhfāʾ5
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

13 words · 53 letters · āyah 8 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 17:95 · Al-Israaclose

    قُل لَّوْ كَانَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَلَكًا رَّسُولًا

    Say, "If there were upon the earth angels walking securely, We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] messenger."

  • Quran 15:8 · Al-Hijrclose

    مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ

    We do not send down the angels except with truth; and the disbelievers would not then be reprieved.

  • Quran 25:21 · Al-Furqaanclose

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَا لَقَدِ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْ عُتُوًّا كَبِيرًا

    And those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Why were not angels sent down to us, or [why] do we [not] see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within…

  • Quran 25:7 · Al-Furqaanclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشِى فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا

    And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner?

  • Quran 15:7 · Al-Hijrclose

    لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"

  • Quran 4:97 · An-Nisaaclose

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ فِيمَ كُنتُمْ قَالُوا۟ كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ قَالُوٓا۟ أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ ٱللَّهِ وَٰسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا۟ فِيهَا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَسَآءَتْ مَصِيرًا

    Indeed, those whom the angels take [in death] while wronging themselves - [the angels] will say, "In what [condition] were you?" They will say, "We were oppressed in the land."…

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.

  • Abasa 80:232 shared roots

    كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

    ق-ض-يأ-م-ر

  • Al-Hijr 15:83 shared roots

    مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ

    ن-ظ-رم-ل-كن-ز-ل

  • Al-Baqara 2:2104 shared roots

    هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى ظُلَلٍ مِّنَ ٱلْغَمَامِ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَقُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

    ق-ض-ين-ظ-رم-ل-كأ-م-ر

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:683 shared roots

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    ق-ض-يأ-م-رق-و-ل

  • Saad 38:802 shared roots

    قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ

    ن-ظ-رق-و-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:2032 shared roots

    فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ

    ن-ظ-رق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 6:8?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 6:8 include Quran 17:95 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 15:8 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 25:21 (Surah Al-Furqaan), and Quran 25:7 (Surah Al-Furqaan). For example, 17:95 reads: “Say, "If there were upon the earth angels walking securely, We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] messenger."” 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 6:8 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 6:8 (Surah Al-An'aam, The Cattle) reads: “And they say, "Why was there not sent down to him an angel?" But if We had sent down an angel, the matter would have been decided; then they would not be reprieved.”

Which surah is verse 6:8 in?

Quran 6:8 is āyah 8 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 6:8?

Tartīl presents Quran 6:8 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.