Surah An-Noor · Ayah 26·Madanī

26

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مِمَّا لَهُم ﴿٢٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Evil words are for evil men, and evil men are [subjected] to evil words. And good words are for good men, and good men are [an object] of good words. Those [good people] are declared innocent of what the slanderers say. For them is forgiveness and noble provision.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

حرمت ازدواج با زناکاران

در احادیثی از امام باقر و امام صادق(ع) نقل شده که این آیه همانند «الزانی لا ینکج الا زانیة او مشرکة» (آَیةٌ ۳ همین سوره) است؛ زیرا گروهی بودند که تصمیم گرفتند با زنان آلوده ازدواج کنند. خداوند آنها را از این کار نهی کرد و این عمل را برای ایشان ناپسند شمرد. > **پانوشت صفحه (منابع):** > ۱- نمونه چ۰۱۴ ص ۴۱۳ ۲- نمونهء ج۳۲۷, ص ۲۳۲ ۳ نمونه, چ۰۱۴ ص ۴۱۴ > ۴ المیزان» چ۵ ص ۱۰۸ > ۲ نمونه, ج۲۷. ص ۲۳۲ > ۳ نمونهء چ۱۴ ص ۴۱۴ > **Cited sources** (grade before any load-bearing use): Tafsīr Nemūneh, al-Mīzān.

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 13 of 16 words

Recitation · 31 points across 6 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah4
  • Madd ṭabīʿī18
  • Heavy rāʾ4
  • Ghunnah2
  • Idghām shafawī1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

16 words · 95 letters · āyah 26 of 64

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 49:11 · Al-Hujuraatclose

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِّن قَوْمٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونُوا۟ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَآءٌ مِّن نِّسَآءٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُنَّ وَلَا تَلْمِزُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا۟ بِٱلْأَلْقَٰبِ بِئْسَ ٱلِٱسْمُ ٱلْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ ٱلْإِيمَٰنِ وَمَن لَّمْ يَتُبْ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    O you who have believed, let not a people ridicule [another] people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule [other] women; perhaps they may be better than…

  • Quran 42:37 · Ash-Shurarelated

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ وَإِذَا مَا غَضِبُوا۟ هُمْ يَغْفِرُونَ

    And those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, and when they are angry, they forgive,

  • Quran 33:58 · Al-Ahzaabrelated

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ بِغَيْرِ مَا ٱكْتَسَبُوا۟ فَقَدِ ٱحْتَمَلُوا۟ بُهْتَٰنًا وَإِثْمًا مُّبِينًا

    And those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned have certainly born upon themselves a slander and manifest sin.

  • Quran 41:34 · Fussilatrelated

    وَلَا تَسْتَوِى ٱلْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُۥ عَدَٰوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُۥ وَلِىٌّ حَمِيمٌ

    And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a…

  • Quran 77:44 · Al-Mursalaatrelated

    إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

    Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

  • Quran 38:62 · Saadrelated

    وَقَالُوا۟ مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ

    And they will say, "Why do we not see men whom we used to count among the worst?

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.

  • Al-Hajj 22:503 shared roots

    فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ

    ك-ر-مر-ز-قغ-ف-ر

  • Saba 34:43 shared roots

    لِّيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ

    ك-ر-مر-ز-قغ-ف-ر

  • Yaseen 36:272 shared roots

    بِمَا غَفَرَ لِى رَبِّى وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ

    ك-ر-مغ-ف-ر

  • Al-Anfaal 8:43 shared roots

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ حَقًّا لَّهُمْ دَرَجَٰتٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ

    ك-ر-مر-ز-قغ-ف-ر

  • Al-Maaida 5:1003 shared roots

    قُل لَّا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْخَبِيثُ وَٱلطَّيِّبُ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ كَثْرَةُ ٱلْخَبِيثِ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ يَٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

    خ-ب-ثط-ي-بق-و-ل

  • At-Takwir 81:192 shared roots

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

    ك-ر-مق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 24:26?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 24:26 include Quran 49:11 (Surah Al-Hujuraat), Quran 42:37 (Surah Ash-Shura), Quran 33:58 (Surah Al-Ahzaab), and Quran 41:34 (Surah Fussilat). For example, 49:11 reads: “O you who have believed, let not a people ridicule [another] people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule [other] women; perhaps they may be better than…” 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 24:26 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 24:26 (Surah An-Noor, The Light) reads: “Evil words are for evil men, and evil men are [subjected] to evil words. And good words are for good men, and good men are [an object] of good words. Those [good people] are declared innocent of what the slanderers say. For them is forgiveness and noble…”

Which surah is verse 24:26 in?

Quran 24:26 is āyah 26 of Surah An-Noor (The Light), chapter 24 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 64 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 24:26?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 24:26 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 24:26?

Tartīl presents Quran 24:26 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.