Surah Taa-Haa · Ayah 89·Makkī

89

أَفَلَا أَلَّا إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَا لَهُمْ وَلَا ﴿٨٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Did they not see that it could not return to them any speech and that it did not possess for them any harm or benefit?

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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 6 of 12 words

Recitation · 12 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Ikhfāʾ3

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 44 letters · āyah 89 of 135

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 26:211 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

    It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able.

  • Quran 78:27 · An-Nabaclose

    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

    Indeed, they were not expecting an account

  • Quran 26:207 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ

    They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided.

  • Quran 11:20 · Hudclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ مُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ يُضَٰعَفُ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يُبْصِرُونَ

    Those were not causing failure [to Allah] on earth, nor did they have besides Allah any protectors. For them the punishment will be multiplied. They were not able to hear, nor did…

  • Quran 39:50 · Az-Zumarclose

    قَدْ قَالَهَا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

    Those before them had already said it, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.

  • Quran 5:79 · Al-Maaidaclose

    كَانُوا۟ لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَن مُّنكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

    They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:732 shared roots

    أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ

    ن-ف-عض-ر-ر

  • Al-Maaida 5:764 shared roots

    قُلْ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    ن-ف-عض-ر-رم-ل-كق-و-ل

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:663 shared roots

    قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ

    ن-ف-عض-ر-رق-و-ل

  • Saba 34:424 shared roots

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

    ن-ف-عض-ر-رم-ل-كق-و-ل

  • Al-Hajj 22:122 shared roots

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

    ن-ف-عض-ر-ر

  • Yunus 10:1062 shared roots

    وَلَا تَدْعُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكَ وَلَا يَضُرُّكَ فَإِن فَعَلْتَ فَإِنَّكَ إِذًا مِّنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    ن-ف-عض-ر-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 20:89?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 20:89 include Quran 26:211 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 78:27 (Surah An-Naba), Quran 26:207 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 11:20 (Surah Hud). For example, 26:211 reads: “It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able.” 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 20:89 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 20:89 (Surah Taa-Haa, Taa-Haa) reads: “Did they not see that it could not return to them any speech and that it did not possess for them any harm or benefit?”

Which surah is verse 20:89 in?

Quran 20:89 is āyah 89 of Surah Taa-Haa (Taa-Haa), chapter 20 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 135 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 20:89?

Tartīl presents Quran 20:89 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.