Surah Al-Anfaal · Ayah 8·Madanī

8

وَلَوْ ﴿٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

That He should establish the truth and abolish falsehood, even if the criminals disliked it.

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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 · 4 roots in 6 of 7 words

Recitation · 9 points across 4 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Qalqalah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Light rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 32 letters · āyah 8 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.

  • لِّيَسْـَٔلَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ عَن صِدْقِهِمْ وَأَعَدَّ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

    That He may question the truthful about their truth. And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful punishment.

  • لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ كَٰذِبِينَ

    [It is] so He will make clear to them [the truth of] that wherein they differ and so those who have disbelieved may know that they were liars.

  • وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفْكٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ وَأَعَانَهُۥ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ ءَاخَرُونَ فَقَدْ جَآءُو ظُلْمًا وَزُورًا

    And those who disbelieve say, "This [Qur'an] is not except a falsehood he invented, and another people assisted him in it." But they have committed an injustice and a lie.

  • أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ

    Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."

  • وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

    Even if he presents his excuses.

  • وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    But [instead], he denied and turned away.

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.

  • Yunus 10:823 shared roots

    وَيُحِقُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

    ك-ر-هج-ر-مح-ق-ق

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:782 shared roots

    لَقَدْ جِئْنَٰكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَكُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَٰرِهُونَ

    ك-ر-هح-ق-ق

  • Al-Muminoon 23:702 shared roots

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ بِهِۦ جِنَّةٌۢ بَلْ جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَٰرِهُونَ

    ك-ر-هح-ق-ق

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1182 shared roots

    فَوَقَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    ب-ط-لح-ق-ق

  • Luqman 31:302 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

    ب-ط-لح-ق-ق

  • Al-Hajj 22:622 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ هُوَ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

    ب-ط-لح-ق-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 8:8?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 8:8 include Quran 33:8 (Surah Al-Ahzaab), Quran 16:39 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 25:4 (Surah Al-Furqaan), and Quran 54:25 (Surah Al-Qamar). For example, 33:8 reads: “That He may question the truthful about their truth. And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful punishment.” 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 8:8 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 8:8 (Surah Al-Anfaal, The Spoils of War) reads: “That He should establish the truth and abolish falsehood, even if the criminals disliked it.”

Which surah is verse 8:8 in?

Quran 8:8 is āyah 8 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 8:8?

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