Surah Yaseen · Ayah 26·Makkī

26

يَٰلَيْتَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said, "I wish my people could know

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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 · 5 roots in 6 of 7 words

Recitation · 8 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 29 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 26 of 83

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.

  • إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًا قَالَ سَلَٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ

    When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace, [you are] a people unknown.

  • كَذَٰلِكَ وَقَدْ أَحَطْنَا بِمَا لَدَيْهِ خُبْرًا

    Thus. And We had encompassed [all] that he had in knowledge.

  • إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ

    [And] when he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?

  • يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

    He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."

  • وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ ٱلسِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَآ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَعْصِرُ خَمْرًا وَقَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخَرُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِى خُبْزًا تَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِنْهُ نَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦٓ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

    And there entered the prison with him two young men. One of them said, "Indeed, I have seen myself [in a dream] pressing wine." The other said, "Indeed, I have seen myself…

  • إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

    This is not but the word of a human being."

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 36:26?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 36:26 include Quran 51:25 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), Quran 18:91 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 37:85 (Surah As-Saaffaat), and Quran 89:24 (Surah Al-Fajr). For example, 51:25 reads: “When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace, [you are] a people unknown.” 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 36:26 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 36:26 (Surah Yaseen, Yaseen) reads: “It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said, "I wish my people could know”

Which surah is verse 36:26 in?

Quran 36:26 is āyah 26 of Surah Yaseen (Yaseen), chapter 36 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 83 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 36:26?

Tartīl presents Quran 36:26 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.