Surah Al-Ankaboot · Ayah 4·Makkī

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أَمْ ٱلَّذِينَ أَن مَا ﴿٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Or do those who do evil deeds think they can outrun Us? Evil is what they judge.

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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 10 words

Recitation · 10 points across 4 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 43 letters · āyah 4 of 69

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.

  • Quran 45:21 · Al-Jaathiyavery close

    أَمْ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱجْتَرَحُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن نَّجْعَلَهُمْ كَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ سَوَآءً مَّحْيَاهُمْ وَمَمَاتُهُمْ سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

    Or do those who commit evils think We will make them like those who have believed and done righteous deeds - [make them] equal in their life and their death? Evil is that which…

  • Quran 39:51 · Az-Zumarclose

    فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ سَيُصِيبُهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَمَا هُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

    And the evil consequences of what they earned struck them. And those who have wronged of these [people] will be afflicted by the evil consequences of what they earned; and they…

  • Quran 19:38 · Maryamclose

    أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا لَٰكِنِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error.

  • Quran 23:96 · Al-Muminoonclose

    ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَصِفُونَ

    Repel, by [means of] what is best, [their] evil. We are most knowing of what they describe.

  • Quran 7:177 · Al-A'raafclose

    سَآءَ مَثَلًا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَأَنفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَظْلِمُونَ

    How evil an example [is that of] the people who denied Our signs and used to wrong themselves.

  • Quran 16:45 · An-Nahlclose

    أَفَأَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَكَرُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَخْسِفَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    Then, do those who have planned evil deeds feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them or that the punishment will not come upon them from where they do not…

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-Anbiyaa 21:272 shared roots

    لَا يَسْبِقُونَهُۥ بِٱلْقَوْلِ وَهُم بِأَمْرِهِۦ يَعْمَلُونَ

    س-ب-قع-م-ل

  • Al-Anfaal 8:592 shared roots

    وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ سَبَقُوٓا۟ إِنَّهُمْ لَا يُعْجِزُونَ

    س-ب-قح-س-ب

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:214 shared roots

    أَمْ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱجْتَرَحُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن نَّجْعَلَهُمْ كَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ سَوَآءً مَّحْيَاهُمْ وَمَمَاتُهُمْ سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

    ح-س-بس-و-أح-ك-مع-م-ل

  • An-Nisaa 4:173 shared roots

    إِنَّمَا ٱلتَّوْبَةُ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِجَهَٰلَةٍ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِن قَرِيبٍ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَتُوبُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا

    س-و-أح-ك-مع-م-ل

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:403 shared roots

    مَنْ عَمِلَ سَيِّئَةً فَلَا يُجْزَىٰٓ إِلَّا مِثْلَهَا وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ يُرْزَقُونَ فِيهَا بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

    ح-س-بس-و-أع-م-ل

  • Al-An'aam 6:622 shared roots

    ثُمَّ رُدُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَوْلَىٰهُمُ ٱلْحَقِّ أَلَا لَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ وَهُوَ أَسْرَعُ ٱلْحَٰسِبِينَ

    ح-س-بح-ك-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 29:4?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 29:4 include Quran 45:21 (Surah Al-Jaathiya), Quran 39:51 (Surah Az-Zumar), Quran 19:38 (Surah Maryam), and Quran 23:96 (Surah Al-Muminoon). For example, 45:21 reads: “Or do those who commit evils think We will make them like those who have believed and done righteous deeds - [make them] equal in their life and their death? Evil is that which…” 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 29:4 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 29:4 (Surah Al-Ankaboot, The Spider) reads: “Or do those who do evil deeds think they can outrun Us? Evil is what they judge.”

Which surah is verse 29:4 in?

Quran 29:4 is āyah 4 of Surah Al-Ankaboot (The Spider), chapter 29 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 69 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 29:4?

Tartīl presents Quran 29:4 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.