Mutashabihat Pairs
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Al-An'am · Ya-Sin
Verbatim: 'there comes not to them a sign from the signs of their Lord except that they turn away from it'; 6:4 is in Al-An'am describing the Meccan disbelievers, 36:46 makes the same statement in Yasin.
Al-An'am · Al-Anbiya
Identical verse: previous messengers were mocked, but the mockers were enveloped by what they ridiculed.
Al-An'am · Yunus
Verbatim: 'if Allah touches you with harm, there is no remover of it except Him, and if He wills good for you, there is no repeller of His bounty'; 6:17 is in the context of tawhid argument, 10:107 closes a passage on trust in Allah.
Al-An'am · Yunus
Nearly identical: who is more unjust than one who fabricates lies against Allah or denies His signs? 6:21 (وَمَنْ) ends with الظَّالِمُونَ; 10:17 (فَمَنْ) ends with الْمُجْرِمُونَ.
Al-An'am · Al-Ahqaf
Both quote a courtroom-like scene: 'is this not the truth? They say: yes, by our Lord. He says: then taste the punishment for what you used to deny'; 6:30 is at resurrection, 46:34 is directed at those who rejected the Quran.
Al-An'am · Hud
Both have the prophet declaring 'I do not say I possess the treasures of Allah nor that I am an angel' but 6:50 adds 'lakum' (to you) in 'wa la aqulu lakum inni malak' while 11:31 omits it.
Al-An'am · Ghafir
Both are the Prophet's declaration 'I am forbidden to worship those you invoke besides Allah'; 6:56 is a direct rejection of the Meccan deities, 40:66 adds 'since the clear proofs have come to me from my Lord.'
Al-An'am · Al-An'am
Adjacent verses in Al-An'am applying the identical rhetorical challenge -- 'is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or what the wombs of the two females contain?' -- first to sheep and goats (6:143) then to camels and cattle (6:144).
Al-An'am · An-Nahl
Both share the duress exception clause for the same list of prohibitions; see also 2:173/16:115 (batch 4) -- 6:145 frames the list as a response to 'what has Allah forbidden you,' 16:115 is the direct restatement.
Al-Baqarah · Al-An'am
Both contain the identical phrase 'ya'rifunahu kama ya'rifuna abna'ahum' (they recognize him as they recognize their own sons) — in 2:146 about recognizing the qiblah, in 6:20 about recognizing the Prophet.
Al-An'am · Al-Isra
Both forbid killing children out of poverty but 6:151 says 'min imlaq' (from current poverty) while 17:31 says 'khashyata imlaq' (fearing future poverty) — a significant difference in meaning.
Al-An'am · Al-Isra
Both contain 'do not approach the orphan's property except in the best way until he reaches maturity'; 6:152 appears in a ten-command ethical list at the end of Al-An'am, 17:34 stands as a standalone injunction with the same wording.