Surah Al-Furqaan · Ayah 9·Makkī

9

لَكَ فَلَا ﴿٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a 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 9 words

Recitation · 12 points across 5 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 41 letters · āyah 9 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 3:105 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ تَفَرَّقُوا۟ وَٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

    And do not be like the ones who became divided and differed after the clear proofs had come to them. And those will have a great punishment.

  • Quran 21:1 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُونَ

    [The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.

  • Quran 71:24 · Noohclose

    وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلًا

    And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."

  • Quran 41:48 · Fussilatclose

    وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَدْعُونَ مِن قَبْلُ وَظَنُّوا۟ مَا لَهُم مِّن مَّحِيصٍ

    And lost from them will be those they were invoking before, and they will be certain that they have no place of escape.

  • Quran 3:69 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    وَدَّت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَوْ يُضِلُّونَكُمْ وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    A faction of the people of the Scripture wish they could mislead you. But they do not mislead except themselves, and they perceive [it] not.

  • Quran 7:202 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَإِخْوَٰنُهُمْ يَمُدُّونَهُمْ فِى ٱلْغَىِّ ثُمَّ لَا يُقْصِرُونَ

    But their brothers - the devils increase them in error; then they do not stop short.

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-Israa 17:485 shared roots

    ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا

    ض-ر-بك-ي-فن-ظ-رط-و-عم-ث-ل

  • An-Nahl 16:742 shared roots

    فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    ض-ر-بم-ث-ل

  • Ibrahim 14:453 shared roots

    وَسَكَنتُمْ فِى مَسَٰكِنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمْ كَيْفَ فَعَلْنَا بِهِمْ وَضَرَبْنَا لَكُمُ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ

    ض-ر-بك-ي-فم-ث-ل

  • Al-An'aam 6:243 shared roots

    ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

    ك-ي-فن-ظ-رض-ل-ل

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:432 shared roots

    وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ وَمَا يَعْقِلُهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْعَٰلِمُونَ

    ض-ر-بم-ث-ل

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:673 shared roots

    وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّآ أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَآءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا ٱلسَّبِيلَا۠

    ط-و-عس-ب-لض-ل-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 25:9?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 25:9 include Quran 3:105 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 21:1 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 71:24 (Surah Nooh), and Quran 41:48 (Surah Fussilat). For example, 3:105 reads: “And do not be like the ones who became divided and differed after the clear proofs had come to them. And those will have a great punishment.” 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 25:9 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 25:9 (Surah Al-Furqaan, The Criterion) reads: “Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.”

Which surah is verse 25:9 in?

Quran 25:9 is āyah 9 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 25:9?

Tartīl presents Quran 25:9 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.