Surah An-Nisaa · Ayah 167·Madanī

167

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ عَن قَدْ ﴿١٦٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Indeed, those who disbelieve and avert [people] from the way of Allah have certainly gone far astray.

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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 7 of 11 words

Recitation · 15 points across 7 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Light Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 42 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 167 of 176

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 47:1 · Muhammadvery close

    ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَضَلَّ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ

    Those who disbelieve and avert [people] from the way of Allah - He will waste their deeds.

  • Quran 14:3 · Ibrahimvery close

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَحِبُّونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا عَلَى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

    The ones who prefer the worldly life over the Hereafter and avert [people] from the way of Allah, seeking to make it (seem) deviant. Those are in extreme error.

  • Quran 11:19 · Hudvery close

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

    Who averted [people] from the way of Allah and sought to make it [seem] deviant while they, concerning the Hereafter, were disbelievers.

  • Quran 40:74 · Al-Ghaafirvery close

    مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا بَل لَّمْ نَكُن نَّدْعُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ شَيْـًٔا كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    Other than Allah?" They will say, "They have departed from us; rather, we did not used to invoke previously anything." Thus does Allah put astray the disbelievers.

  • Quran 7:186 · Al-A'raafvery close

    مَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَلَا هَادِىَ لَهُۥ وَيَذَرُهُمْ فِى طُغْيَٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

    Whoever Allah sends astray - there is no guide for him. And He leaves them in their transgression, wandering blindly.

  • Quran 22:12 · Al-Hajjclose

    يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُۥ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَٰلُ ٱلْبَعِيدُ

    He invokes instead of Allah that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.

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.

  • Muhammad 47:15 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَضَلَّ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ

    ص-د-دس-ب-لض-ل-لك-ف-رأ-ل-ه

  • Muhammad 47:344 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ مَاتُوا۟ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ فَلَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمْ

    ص-د-دس-ب-لك-ف-رأ-ل-ه

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:372 shared roots

    وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ

    ص-د-دس-ب-ل

  • Ibrahim 14:35 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَحِبُّونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا عَلَى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

    ص-د-دس-ب-لض-ل-لب-ع-دأ-ل-ه

  • Hud 11:194 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

    ص-د-دس-ب-لك-ف-رأ-ل-ه

  • Al-A'raaf 7:454 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ كَٰفِرُونَ

    ص-د-دس-ب-لك-ف-رأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 4:167?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 4:167 include Quran 47:1 (Surah Muhammad), Quran 14:3 (Surah Ibrahim), Quran 11:19 (Surah Hud), and Quran 40:74 (Surah Al-Ghaafir). For example, 47:1 reads: “Those who disbelieve and avert [people] from the way of Allah - He will waste their deeds.” 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 4:167 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 4:167 (Surah An-Nisaa, The Women) reads: “Indeed, those who disbelieve and avert [people] from the way of Allah have certainly gone far astray.”

Which surah is verse 4:167 in?

Quran 4:167 is āyah 167 of Surah An-Nisaa (The Women), chapter 4 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 176 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 4:167?

Tartīl presents Quran 4:167 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.