Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 169·Makkī

169

مِمَّا ﴿١٦٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

My Lord, save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do."

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 5 words

Recitation · 6 points across 3 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 20 letters · āyah 169 of 227

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.

  • وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحْضُرُونِ

    And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me."

  • رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢا

    My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men and believing women. And do not increase the wrongdoers except in destruction."

  • وَلَا تَطْرُدِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِ وَٱلْعَشِىِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُۥ مَا عَلَيْكَ مِنْ حِسَابِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ وَمَا مِنْ حِسَابِكَ عَلَيْهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ فَتَطْرُدَهُمْ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    And do not send away those who call upon their Lord morning and afternoon, seeking His countenance. Not upon you is anything of their account and not upon them is anything of your…

  • وَقِهِمُ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ وَمَن تَقِ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَدْ رَحِمْتَهُۥ وَذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

    And protect them from the evil consequences [of their deeds]. And he whom You protect from evil consequences that Day - You will have given him mercy. And that is the great…

  • فَخَرَجَ مِنْهَا خَآئِفًا يَتَرَقَّبُ قَالَ رَبِّ نَجِّنِى مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    So he left it, fearful and anticipating [apprehension]. He said, "My Lord, save me from the wrongdoing people."

  • رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْهَا فَإِنْ عُدْنَا فَإِنَّا ظَٰلِمُونَ

    Our Lord, remove us from it, and if we were to return [to evil], we would indeed be wrongdoers."

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.

  • As-Saaffaat 37:1342 shared roots

    إِذْ نَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

    ن-ج-وأ-ه-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1702 shared roots

    فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

    ن-ج-وأ-ه-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1702 shared roots

    فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

    ن-ج-وأ-ه-ل

  • As-Saaffaat 37:762 shared roots

    وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    ن-ج-وأ-ه-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:832 shared roots

    فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

    ن-ج-وأ-ه-ل

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:322 shared roots

    قَالَ إِنَّ فِيهَا لُوطًا قَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِيهَا لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُۥ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

    ن-ج-وأ-ه-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:169?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:169 include Quran 23:98 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 71:28 (Surah Nooh), Quran 6:52 (Surah Al-An'aam), and Quran 40:9 (Surah Al-Ghaafir). For example, 23:98 reads: “And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me."” 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 26:169 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:169 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “My Lord, save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do."”

Which surah is verse 26:169 in?

Quran 26:169 is āyah 169 of Surah Ash-Shu'araa (The Poets), chapter 26 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 227 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 26:169?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:169 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.