Surah Al-Israa · Ayah 86·Makkī

86

وَلَئِن بِٱلَّذِىٓ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ لَا لَكَ بِهِۦ عَلَيْنَا ﴿٨٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And if We willed, We could surely do away with that which We revealed to you. Then you would not find for yourself concerning it an advocate against Us.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 13 words

Recitation · 9 points across 3 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Ghunnah2

Commentary

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

Shape

13 words · 50 letters · āyah 86 of 111

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 17:77 · Al-Israaclose

    سُنَّةَ مَن قَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَا وَلَا تَجِدُ لِسُنَّتِنَا تَحْوِيلًا

    [That is Our] established way for those We had sent before you of Our messengers; and you will not find in Our way any alteration.

  • Quran 56:87 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    Bring it back, if you should be truthful?

  • Quran 56:65 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَٰهُ حُطَٰمًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ

    If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder,

  • Quran 17:73 · Al-Israaclose

    وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِىَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُۥ وَإِذًا لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلًا

    And indeed, they were about to tempt you away from that which We revealed to you in order to [make] you invent about Us something else; and then they would have taken you as a…

  • Quran 34:42 · Sabaclose

    فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا يَمْلِكُ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ نَّفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا وَنَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

    But today you do not hold for one another [the power of] benefit or harm, and We will say to those who wronged, "Taste the punishment of the Fire, which you used to deny."

  • Quran 20:48 · Taa-Haaclose

    إِنَّا قَدْ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْنَآ أَنَّ ٱلْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    Indeed, it has been revealed to us that the punishment will be upon whoever denies and turns away.' "

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.

  • Az-Zumar 39:622 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَكِيلٌ

    و-ك-لش-ي-أ

  • Al-Israa 17:542 shared roots

    رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِن يَشَأْ يَرْحَمْكُمْ أَوْ إِن يَشَأْ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلًا

    و-ك-لش-ي-أ

  • Al-An'aam 6:1022 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَكِيلٌ

    و-ك-لش-ي-أ

  • An-Nisaa 4:1332 shared roots

    إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَيَأْتِ بِـَٔاخَرِينَ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ قَدِيرًا

    ذ-ه-بش-ي-أ

  • Al-An'aam 6:1072 shared roots

    وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَآ أَشْرَكُوا۟ وَمَا جَعَلْنَٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًا وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِوَكِيلٍ

    و-ك-لش-ي-أ

  • Ar-Ra'd 13:302 shared roots

    كَذَٰلِكَ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ فِىٓ أُمَّةٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهَآ أُمَمٌ لِّتَتْلُوَا۟ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ بِٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ قُلْ هُوَ رَبِّى لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ مَتَابِ

    و-ك-لو-ح-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 17:86?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 17:86 include Quran 17:77 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 56:87 (Surah Al-Waaqia), Quran 56:65 (Surah Al-Waaqia), and Quran 17:73 (Surah Al-Israa). For example, 17:77 reads: “[That is Our] established way for those We had sent before you of Our messengers; and you will not find in Our way any alteration.” 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 17:86 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 17:86 (Surah Al-Israa, The Night Journey) reads: “And if We willed, We could surely do away with that which We revealed to you. Then you would not find for yourself concerning it an advocate against Us.”

Which surah is verse 17:86 in?

Quran 17:86 is āyah 86 of Surah Al-Israa (The Night Journey), chapter 17 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 111 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 17:86?

Tartīl presents Quran 17:86 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.