Surah Al-Ankaboot · Ayah 55·Makkī

55

مِن وَمِن مَا ﴿٥٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, "Taste [the result of] what you used to do."

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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 · 10 roots in 10 of 13 words

Recitation · 14 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Iẓhār shafawī3

Commentary

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

Shape

13 words · 56 letters · āyah 55 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.

  • يَوْمَ تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ وَأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    On a Day when their tongues, their hands and their feet will bear witness against them as to what they used to do.

  • ثُمَّ قِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلْخُلْدِ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

    Then it will be said to those who had wronged, "Taste the punishment of eternity; are you being recompensed except for what you used to earn?"

  • فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

    And you are going to know who will get a punishment that will disgrace him [on earth] and upon whom will descend an enduring punishment [in the Hereafter]."

  • ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

    [And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."

  • وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ

    And [by] the sea filled [with fire],

  • وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

    They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense."

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-Maaida 5:664 shared roots

    وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ أَقَامُوا۟ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِم مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ لَأَكَلُوا۟ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِم مِّنْهُمْ أُمَّةٌ مُّقْتَصِدَةٌ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ سَآءَ مَا يَعْمَلُونَ

    ف-و-قت-ح-تر-ج-لع-م-ل

  • Al-An'aam 6:655 shared roots

    قُلْ هُوَ ٱلْقَادِرُ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِّن فَوْقِكُمْ أَوْ مِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُم بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَفْقَهُونَ

    ف-و-قت-ح-تذ-و-قر-ج-لع-ذ-ب

  • Al-A'raaf 7:412 shared roots

    لَهُم مِّن جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٌ وَمِن فَوْقِهِمْ غَوَاشٍ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    غ-ش-وف-و-ق

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:112 shared roots

    يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    غ-ش-وع-ذ-ب

  • As-Sajda 32:145 shared roots

    فَذُوقُوا۟ بِمَا نَسِيتُمْ لِقَآءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هَٰذَآ إِنَّا نَسِينَٰكُمْ وَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلْخُلْدِ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    ذ-و-قع-م-لع-ذ-بي-و-مك-و-ن

  • Al-Qamar 54:392 shared roots

    فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

    ذ-و-قع-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 29:55?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 29:55 include Quran 24:24 (Surah An-Noor), Quran 10:52 (Surah Yunus), Quran 11:39 (Surah Hud), and Quran 51:14 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat). For example, 24:24 reads: “On a Day when their tongues, their hands and their feet will bear witness against them as to what they used to do.” 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 29:55 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 29:55 (Surah Al-Ankaboot, The Spider) reads: “On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, "Taste [the result of] what you used to do."”

Which surah is verse 29:55 in?

Quran 29:55 is āyah 55 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 29:55?

Tartīl presents Quran 29:55 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.