Surah Al-Hajj · Ayah 20·Madanī

20

بِهِۦ مَا فِى ﴿٢٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

By which is melted that within their bellies and [their] skins.

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 6 words

Rarest here: ص-ه-ر 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 23 letters · āyah 20 of 78

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.

  • كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ

    Like murky oil, it boils within bellies

  • فَإِنَّهُمْ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

    And indeed, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies.

  • إِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ فِيهَا سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا شَهِيقًا وَهِىَ تَفُورُ

    When they are thrown into it, they hear from it a [dreadful] inhaling while it boils up.

  • تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

    They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

  • يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ

    They will go around between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].

  • لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

    They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 22:20?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 22:20 include Quran 44:45 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), Quran 37:66 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 67:7 (Surah Al-Mulk), and Quran 88:5 (Surah Al-Ghaashiya). For example, 44:45 reads: “Like murky oil, it boils within bellies” 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 22:20 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 22:20 (Surah Al-Hajj, The Pilgrimage) reads: “By which is melted that within their bellies and [their] skins.”

Which surah is verse 22:20 in?

Quran 22:20 is āyah 20 of Surah Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage), chapter 22 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 78 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 22:20?

Tartīl presents Quran 22:20 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.