Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 93·Makkī

93

مِن هَلْ أَوْ ﴿٩٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Other than Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?"

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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 · 3 roots in 4 of 7 words

Recitation · 11 points across 6 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Light Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 28 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 93 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.

  • Quran 37:23 · As-Saaffaatvery close

    مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهْدُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    Other than Allah, and guide them to the path of Hellfire

  • Quran 37:24 · As-Saaffaatvery close

    وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ

    And stop them; indeed, they are to be questioned."

  • Quran 23:87 · Al-Muminoonvery close

    سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِ قُلْ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    They will say, "[They belong] to Allah." Say, "Then will you not fear Him?"

  • Quran 25:17 · Al-Furqaanvery close

    وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمْ أَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَادِى هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا۟ ٱلسَّبِيلَ

    And [mention] the Day He will gather them and that which they worship besides Allah and will say, "Did you mislead these, My servants, or did they [themselves] stray from the way?"

  • Quran 57:14 · Al-Hadidvery close

    يُنَادُونَهُمْ أَلَمْ نَكُن مَّعَكُمْ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِنَّكُمْ فَتَنتُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَتَرَبَّصْتُمْ وَٱرْتَبْتُمْ وَغَرَّتْكُمُ ٱلْأَمَانِىُّ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ وَغَرَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْغَرُورُ

    The hypocrites will call to the believers, "Were we not with you?" They will say, "Yes, but you afflicted yourselves and awaited [misfortune for us] and doubted, and wishful…

  • Quran 14:29 · Ibrahimvery close

    جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا وَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرَارُ

    [It is] Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the settlement.

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.

  • Yaseen 36:743 shared roots

    وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

    ن-ص-رد-و-نأ-ل-ه

  • Ash-Shura 42:463 shared roots

    وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ يَنصُرُونَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن سَبِيلٍ

    ن-ص-رد-و-نأ-ل-ه

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1972 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ

    ن-ص-رد-و-ن

  • Al-Baqara 2:1073 shared roots

    أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

    ن-ص-رد-و-نأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Kahf 18:433 shared roots

    وَلَمْ تَكُن لَّهُۥ فِئَةٌ يَنصُرُونَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنتَصِرًا

    ن-ص-رد-و-نأ-ل-ه

  • Ash-Shura 42:313 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

    ن-ص-رد-و-نأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:93?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:93 include Quran 37:23 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 37:24 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 23:87 (Surah Al-Muminoon), and Quran 25:17 (Surah Al-Furqaan). For example, 37:23 reads: “Other than Allah, and guide them to the path of Hellfire” 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 26:93 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:93 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “Other than Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?"”

Which surah is verse 26:93 in?

Quran 26:93 is āyah 93 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 26:93?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:93 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.