Surah Al-Anfaal · Ayah 68·Madanī

68

لَّوْلَا مِّنَ فِيمَآ ﴿٦٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

If not for a decree from Allah that preceded, you would have been touched for what you took by a great punishment.

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 10 words

Recitation · 12 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 38 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 68 of 75

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.

  • وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِى مَآ أَفَضْتُمْ فِيهِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

    And if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy in this world and the Hereafter, you would have been touched for that [lie] in which you were involved by a…

  • وَٱتَّقُوا۟ فِتْنَةً لَّا تُصِيبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنكُمْ خَآصَّةً وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ

    And fear a trial which will not strike those who have wronged among you exclusively, and know that Allah is severe in penalty.

  • أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ يَٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَدْ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَيْكُمْ ذِكْرًا

    Allah has prepared for them a severe punishment; so fear Allah, O you of understanding who have believed. Allah has sent down to you the Qur'an.

  • قُلْ أَرَءَيْتَكُمْ إِنْ أَتَىٰكُمْ عَذَابُ ٱللَّهِ بَغْتَةً أَوْ جَهْرَةً هَلْ يُهْلَكُ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    Say, "Have you considered: if the punishment of Allah should come to you unexpectedly or manifestly, will any be destroyed but the wrongdoing people?"

  • إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

    But not the chosen servants of Allah.

  • قَالَ ٱللَّهُ إِنِّى مُنَزِّلُهَا عَلَيْكُمْ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بَعْدُ مِنكُمْ فَإِنِّىٓ أُعَذِّبُهُۥ عَذَابًا لَّآ أُعَذِّبُهُۥٓ أَحَدًا مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    Allah said, "Indeed, I will sent it down to you, but whoever disbelieves afterwards from among you - then indeed will I punish him with a punishment by which I have not punished…

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 26:1564 shared roots

    وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

    م-س-سع-ظ-مأ-خ-ذع-ذ-ب

  • An-Noor 24:144 shared roots

    وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِى مَآ أَفَضْتُمْ فِيهِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

    م-س-سع-ظ-مع-ذ-بأ-ل-ه

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1893 shared roots

    فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

    ع-ظ-مأ-خ-ذع-ذ-ب

  • Al-An'aam 6:492 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَمَسُّهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

    م-س-سع-ذ-ب

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1352 shared roots

    إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

    ع-ظ-مع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Haaqqa 69:332 shared roots

    إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    ع-ظ-مأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 8:68?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 8:68 include Quran 24:14 (Surah An-Noor), Quran 8:25 (Surah Al-Anfaal), Quran 65:10 (Surah At-Talaaq), and Quran 6:47 (Surah Al-An'aam). For example, 24:14 reads: “And if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy in this world and the Hereafter, you would have been touched for that [lie] in which you were involved by a…” 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 8:68 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 8:68 (Surah Al-Anfaal, The Spoils of War) reads: “If not for a decree from Allah that preceded, you would have been touched for what you took by a great punishment.”

Which surah is verse 8:68 in?

Quran 8:68 is āyah 68 of Surah Al-Anfaal (The Spoils of War), chapter 8 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 75 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 8:68?

Tartīl presents Quran 8:68 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.