Surah Al-Fath · Ayah 22·Madanī

22

وَلَوْ ٱلَّذِينَ ثُمَّ لَا وَلَا ﴿٢٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And if those [Makkans] who disbelieve had fought you, they would have turned their backs [in flight]. Then they would not find a protector or a helper.

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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 · 6 roots in 7 of 12 words

Recitation · 16 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Ikhfāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 50 letters · āyah 22 of 29

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 8:15 · Al-Anfaalclose

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا لَقِيتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ زَحْفًا فَلَا تُوَلُّوهُمُ ٱلْأَدْبَارَ

    O you who have believed, when you meet those who disbelieve advancing [for battle], do not turn to them your backs [in flight].

  • Quran 3:149 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن تُطِيعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَٰبِكُمْ فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَٰسِرِينَ

    O you who have believed, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will [then] become losers.

  • Quran 54:44 · Al-Qamarclose

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ

    Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?

  • Quran 60:2 · Al-Mumtahanaclose

    إِن يَثْقَفُوكُمْ يَكُونُوا۟ لَكُمْ أَعْدَآءً وَيَبْسُطُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَلْسِنَتَهُم بِٱلسُّوٓءِ وَوَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ

    If they gain dominance over you, they would be to you as enemies and extend against you their hands and their tongues with evil, and they wish you would disbelieve.

  • Quran 14:13 · Ibrahimclose

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِرُسُلِهِمْ لَنُخْرِجَنَّكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِنَآ أَوْ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِى مِلَّتِنَا فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ لَنُهْلِكَنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    And those who disbelieved said to their messengers, "We will surely drive you out of our land, or you must return to our religion." So their Lord inspired to them, "We will surely…

  • Quran 67:20 · Al-Mulkclose

    أَمَّنْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى هُوَ جُندٌ لَّكُمْ يَنصُرُكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ إِنِ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ إِلَّا فِى غُرُورٍ

    Or who is it that could be an army for you to aid you other than the Most Merciful? The disbelievers are not but in delusion.

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-Hashr 59:124 shared roots

    لَئِنْ أُخْرِجُوا۟ لَا يَخْرُجُونَ مَعَهُمْ وَلَئِن قُوتِلُوا۟ لَا يَنصُرُونَهُمْ وَلَئِن نَّصَرُوهُمْ لَيُوَلُّنَّ ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

    د-ب-رق-ت-لن-ص-رو-ل-ي

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1114 shared roots

    لَن يَضُرُّوكُمْ إِلَّآ أَذًى وَإِن يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْ يُوَلُّوكُمُ ٱلْأَدْبَارَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

    د-ب-رق-ت-لن-ص-رو-ل-ي

  • As-Saaffaat 37:902 shared roots

    فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ

    د-ب-رو-ل-ي

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:172 shared roots

    تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    د-ب-رو-ل-ي

  • At-Tawba 9:1234 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَٰتِلُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يَلُونَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ وَلْيَجِدُوا۟ فِيكُمْ غِلْظَةً وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

    و-ج-دق-ت-لو-ل-يك-ف-ر

  • An-Nisaa 4:895 shared roots

    وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ كَمَا كَفَرُوا۟ فَتَكُونُونَ سَوَآءً فَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ حَتَّىٰ يُهَاجِرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

    و-ج-دق-ت-لن-ص-رو-ل-يك-ف-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 48:22?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 48:22 include Quran 8:15 (Surah Al-Anfaal), Quran 3:149 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 54:44 (Surah Al-Qamar), and Quran 60:2 (Surah Al-Mumtahana). For example, 8:15 reads: “O you who have believed, when you meet those who disbelieve advancing [for battle], do not turn to them your backs [in flight].” 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 48:22 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 48:22 (Surah Al-Fath, The Victory) reads: “And if those [Makkans] who disbelieve had fought you, they would have turned their backs [in flight]. Then they would not find a protector or a helper.”

Which surah is verse 48:22 in?

Quran 48:22 is āyah 22 of Surah Al-Fath (The Victory), chapter 48 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 29 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 48:22?

Tartīl presents Quran 48:22 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.