Surah Al-Furqaan · Ayah 44·Makkī

44

أَمْ أَنَّ أَوْ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا بَلْ هُمْ ﴿٤٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 15 words

Recitation · 15 points across 6 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iẓhār3
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

15 words · 54 letters · āyah 44 of 77

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 7:179 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ ءَاذَانٌ لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ كَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰفِلُونَ

    And We have certainly created for Hell many of the jinn and mankind. They have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have…

  • Quran 26:224 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ

    And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them;

  • Quran 6:25 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كُلَّ ءَايَةٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُوكَ يُجَٰدِلُونَكَ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    And among them are those who listen to you, but We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if they should see every sign…

  • Quran 20:54 · Taa-Haaclose

    كُلُوا۟ وَٱرْعَوْا۟ أَنْعَٰمَكُمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ

    Eat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed, in that are signs for those of intelligence.

  • Quran 32:27 · As-Sajdaclose

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا نَسُوقُ ٱلْمَآءَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْجُرُزِ فَنُخْرِجُ بِهِۦ زَرْعًا تَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ أَنْعَٰمُهُمْ وَأَنفُسُهُمْ أَفَلَا يُبْصِرُونَ

    Have they not seen that We drive the water [in clouds] to barren land and bring forth thereby crops from which their livestock eat and [they] themselves? Then do they not see?

  • Quran 23:69 · Al-Muminoonclose

    أَمْ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا۟ رَسُولَهُمْ فَهُمْ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ

    Or did they not know their Messenger, so they are toward him disacknowledging?

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.

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    وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمْ جِبِلًّا كَثِيرًا أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْقِلُونَ

    ع-ق-لك-ث-رض-ل-ل

  • Yunus 10:422 shared roots

    وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

    ع-ق-لس-م-ع

  • Al-Qalam 68:72 shared roots

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

    س-ب-لض-ل-ل

  • Al-An'aam 6:1172 shared roots

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مَن يَضِلُّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

    س-ب-لض-ل-ل

  • Al-Baqara 2:2442 shared roots

    وَقَٰتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

    س-م-عس-ب-ل

  • Al-Mulk 67:102 shared roots

    وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِىٓ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

    ع-ق-لس-م-ع

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 25:44?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 25:44 include Quran 7:179 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 26:224 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 6:25 (Surah Al-An'aam), and Quran 20:54 (Surah Taa-Haa). For example, 7:179 reads: “And We have certainly created for Hell many of the jinn and mankind. They have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have…” 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 25:44 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 25:44 (Surah Al-Furqaan, The Criterion) reads: “Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.”

Which surah is verse 25:44 in?

Quran 25:44 is āyah 44 of Surah Al-Furqaan (The Criterion), chapter 25 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 77 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 25:44?

Tartīl presents Quran 25:44 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.