Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 281·Madanī

281

فِيهِ إِلَى ثُمَّ مَّا وَهُمْ لَا ﴿٢٨١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And fear a Day when you will be returned to Allah. Then every soul will be compensated for what it earned, and they will not be treated unjustly.

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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 · 9 roots in 9 of 15 words

Recitation · 15 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ghunnah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

15 words · 54 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 281 of 286

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 40:17 · Al-Ghaafirvery close

    ٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ لَا ظُلْمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    This Day every soul will be recompensed for what it earned. No injustice today! Indeed, Allah is swift in account.

  • Quran 37:40 · As-Saaffaatvery close

    إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

    But not the chosen servants of Allah.

  • Quran 24:25 · An-Noorvery close

    يَوْمَئِذٍ يُوَفِّيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ دِينَهُمُ ٱلْحَقَّ وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ ٱلْمُبِينُ

    That Day, Allah will pay them in full their deserved recompense, and they will know that it is Allah who is the perfect in justice.

  • Quran 45:14 · Al-Jaathiyavery close

    قُل لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَغْفِرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ أَيَّامَ ٱللَّهِ لِيَجْزِىَ قَوْمًۢا بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

    Say, [O Muhammad], to those who have believed that they [should] forgive those who expect not the days of Allah so that He may recompense a people for what they used to earn.

  • Quran 2:112 · Al-Baqaravery close

    بَلَىٰ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُۥ لِلَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَلَهُۥٓ أَجْرُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

    Yes [on the contrary], whoever submits his face in Islam to Allah while being a doer of good will have his reward with his Lord. And no fear will there be concerning them, nor…

  • Quran 22:47 · Al-Hajjvery close

    وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَلَن يُخْلِفَ ٱللَّهُ وَعْدَهُۥ وَإِنَّ يَوْمًا عِندَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلْفِ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ

    And they urge you to hasten the punishment. But Allah will never fail in His promise. And indeed, a day with your Lord is like a thousand years of those which you count.

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.

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:255 shared roots

    فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جَمَعْنَٰهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ وَوُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

    ك-س-بو-ف-ين-ف-سظ-ل-مك-ل-ل

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1615 shared roots

    وَمَا كَانَ لِنَبِىٍّ أَن يَغُلَّ وَمَن يَغْلُلْ يَأْتِ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

    ك-س-بو-ف-ين-ف-سظ-ل-مك-ل-ل

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:643 shared roots

    فَرَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    ر-ج-عن-ف-سظ-ل-م

  • An-Nahl 16:1115 shared roots

    يَوْمَ تَأْتِى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَٰدِلُ عَن نَّفْسِهَا وَتُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

    و-ف-ين-ف-سظ-ل-مك-ل-لي-و-م

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:175 shared roots

    ٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ لَا ظُلْمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    ك-س-بن-ف-سظ-ل-مك-ل-لي-و-م

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:225 shared roots

    وَخَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلِتُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

    ك-س-بن-ف-سظ-ل-مك-ل-لأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:281?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:281 include Quran 40:17 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), Quran 37:40 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 24:25 (Surah An-Noor), and Quran 45:14 (Surah Al-Jaathiya). For example, 40:17 reads: “This Day every soul will be recompensed for what it earned. No injustice today! Indeed, Allah is swift in account.” 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 2:281 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:281 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “And fear a Day when you will be returned to Allah. Then every soul will be compensated for what it earned, and they will not be treated unjustly.”

Which surah is verse 2:281 in?

Quran 2:281 is āyah 281 of Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow), chapter 2 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 286 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 2:281?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:281 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.