Surah Al-Ghaafir · Ayah 71·Makkī

71

إِذِ فِىٓ ﴿٧١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

When the shackles are around their necks and the chains; they will be dragged

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 6 words

Rarest here: س-ل-س-ل — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 8 points across 3 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 29 letters · āyah 71 of 85

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 36:8 · Yaseenclose

    إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِىٓ أَعْنَٰقِهِمْ أَغْلَٰلًا فَهِىَ إِلَى ٱلْأَذْقَانِ فَهُم مُّقْمَحُونَ

    Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft.

  • Quran 25:13 · Al-Furqaanrelated

    وَإِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ مِنْهَا مَكَانًا ضَيِّقًا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوْا۟ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورًا

    And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein bound in chains, they will cry out thereupon for destruction.

  • Quran 11:8 · Hudrelated

    وَلَئِنْ أَخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ مَّعْدُودَةٍ لَّيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحْبِسُهُۥٓ أَلَا يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمْ لَيْسَ مَصْرُوفًا عَنْهُمْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And if We hold back from them the punishment for a limited time, they will surely say, "What detains it?" Unquestionably, on the Day it comes to them, it will not be averted from…

  • Quran 36:72 · Yaseenrelated

    وَذَلَّلْنَٰهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ

    And We have tamed them for them, so some of them they ride, and some of them they eat.

  • Quran 51:1 · Adh-Dhaariyatrelated

    وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرْوًا

    By those [winds] scattering [dust] dispersing

  • Quran 111:5 · Al-Masadrelated

    فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ

    Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.

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-Insaan 76:42 shared roots

    إِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ سَلَٰسِلَا۟ وَأَغْلَٰلًا وَسَعِيرًا

    س-ل-س-لغ-ل-ل

  • Yaseen 36:82 shared roots

    إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِىٓ أَعْنَٰقِهِمْ أَغْلَٰلًا فَهِىَ إِلَى ٱلْأَذْقَانِ فَهُم مُّقْمَحُونَ

    ع-ن-قغ-ل-ل

  • Al-Israa 17:292 shared roots

    وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ ٱلْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًا مَّحْسُورًا

    ع-ن-قغ-ل-ل

  • Ar-Ra'd 13:52 shared roots

    وَإِن تَعْجَبْ فَعَجَبٌ قَوْلُهُمْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا أَءِنَّا لَفِى خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْأَغْلَٰلُ فِىٓ أَعْنَاقِهِمْ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

    ع-ن-قغ-ل-ل

  • Saba 34:332 shared roots

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ بَلْ مَكْرُ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذْ تَأْمُرُونَنَآ أَن نَّكْفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهُۥٓ أَندَادًا وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلْأَغْلَٰلَ فِىٓ أَعْنَاقِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    ع-ن-قغ-ل-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 40:71?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 40:71 include Quran 36:8 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 25:13 (Surah Al-Furqaan), Quran 11:8 (Surah Hud), and Quran 36:72 (Surah Yaseen). For example, 36:8 reads: “Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft.” 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 40:71 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 40:71 (Surah Al-Ghaafir, The Forgiver) reads: “When the shackles are around their necks and the chains; they will be dragged”

Which surah is verse 40:71 in?

Quran 40:71 is āyah 71 of Surah Al-Ghaafir (The Forgiver), chapter 40 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 85 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 40:71?

Tartīl presents Quran 40:71 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.