Surah Ad-Dukhaan · Ayah 48·Makkī

48

ثُمَّ مِنْ ﴿٤٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Then pour over his head from the torment of scalding water."

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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 5 of 7 words

Rarest here: ص-ب-ب 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 7 points across 5 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Iẓhār1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 25 letters · āyah 48 of 59

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.

  • أَنِ ٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلتَّابُوتِ فَٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ ٱلْيَمُّ بِٱلسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ لِّى وَعَدُوٌّ لَّهُۥ وَأَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِّنِّى وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلَىٰ عَيْنِىٓ

    [Saying], 'Cast him into the chest and cast it into the river, and the river will throw it onto the bank; there will take him an enemy to Me and an enemy to him.' And I bestowed…

  • أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

    [Allah will say], "Throw into Hell every obstinate disbeliever,

  • يَقْدُمُ قَوْمَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ فَأَوْرَدَهُمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْوِرْدُ ٱلْمَوْرُودُ

    He will precede his people on the Day of Resurrection and lead them into the Fire; and wretched is the place to which they are led.

  • سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

    I will drive him into Saqar.

  • فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

    And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

  • ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

    Then into Hellfire drive him.

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.

  • Al-Hajj 22:194 shared roots

    هَٰذَانِ خَصْمَانِ ٱخْتَصَمُوا۟ فِى رَبِّهِمْ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قُطِّعَتْ لَهُمْ ثِيَابٌ مِّن نَّارٍ يُصَبُّ مِن فَوْقِ رُءُوسِهِمُ ٱلْحَمِيمُ

    ص-ب-بر-أ-سح-م-مف-و-ق

  • Al-Fajr 89:132 shared roots

    فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

    ص-ب-بع-ذ-ب

  • An-Nahl 16:882 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ زِدْنَٰهُمْ عَذَابًا فَوْقَ ٱلْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يُفْسِدُونَ

    ف-و-قع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:552 shared roots

    يَوْمَ يَغْشَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    ف-و-قع-ذ-ب

  • Yusuf 12:362 shared roots

    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

    ر-أ-سف-و-ق

  • Yunus 10:42 shared roots

    إِلَيْهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقًّا إِنَّهُۥ يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ

    ح-م-مع-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 44:48?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 44:48 include Quran 20:39 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 50:24 (Surah Qaaf), Quran 11:98 (Surah Hud), and Quran 74:26 (Surah Al-Muddaththir). For example, 20:39 reads: “[Saying], 'Cast him into the chest and cast it into the river, and the river will throw it onto the bank; there will take him an enemy to Me and an enemy to him.' And I bestowed…” 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 44:48 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 44:48 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan, The Smoke) reads: “Then pour over his head from the torment of scalding water."”

Which surah is verse 44:48 in?

Quran 44:48 is āyah 48 of Surah Ad-Dukhaan (The Smoke), chapter 44 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 59 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 44:48?

Tartīl presents Quran 44:48 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.