Surah Al-An'aam · Ayah 87·Makkī

87

وَمِنْ إِلَىٰ ﴿٨٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [some] among their fathers and their descendants and their brothers - and We chose them and We guided them to a straight path.

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Tafsīr

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 9 words

Recitation · 19 points across 6 rule families

  • Iẓhār2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Iẓhār shafawī5
  • Light rāʾ2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 52 letters · āyah 87 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 37:118 · As-Saaffaatvery close

    وَهَدَيْنَٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

    And We guided them on the straight path.

  • Quran 37:117 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمَا ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ٱلْمُسْتَبِينَ

    And We gave them the explicit Scripture,

  • Quran 43:22 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ

    Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."

  • Quran 37:119 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

    And We left for them [favorable mention] among later generations:

  • Quran 37:70 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ

    So they hastened [to follow] in their footsteps.

  • Quran 33:67 · Al-Ahzaabclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّآ أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَآءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا ٱلسَّبِيلَا۠

    And they will say, "Our Lord, indeed we obeyed our masters and our dignitaries, and they led us astray from the [right] way.

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 6:87?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 6:87 include Quran 37:118 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 37:117 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 43:22 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), and Quran 37:119 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 37:118 reads: “And We guided them on the straight path.” 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 6:87 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 6:87 (Surah Al-An'aam, The Cattle) reads: “And [some] among their fathers and their descendants and their brothers - and We chose them and We guided them to a straight path.”

Which surah is verse 6:87 in?

Quran 6:87 is āyah 87 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 6:87?

Tartīl presents Quran 6:87 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.