Surah Al-Hajj · Ayah 4·Madanī

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عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُۥ مَن فَأَنَّهُۥ إِلَىٰ ﴿٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

It has been decreed for every devil that whoever turns to him - he will misguide him and will lead him to the punishment of the Blaze.

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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 6 of 11 words

Recitation · 10 points across 5 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 44 letters · āyah 4 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.

  • أَفَمَنْ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ كَلِمَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ أَفَأَنتَ تُنقِذُ مَن فِى ٱلنَّارِ

    Then, is one who has deserved the decree of punishment [to be guided]? Then, can you save one who is in the Fire?

  • وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

    But the wretched one will avoid it -

  • رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ مَن تُدْخِلِ ٱلنَّارَ فَقَدْ أَخْزَيْتَهُۥ وَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍ

    Our Lord, indeed whoever You admit to the Fire - You have disgraced him, and for the wrongdoers there are no helpers.

  • فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا

    He will cry out for destruction

  • بَلَىٰ مَن كَسَبَ سَيِّئَةً وَأَحَٰطَتْ بِهِۦ خَطِيٓـَٔتُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

    Yes, whoever earns evil and his sin has encompassed him - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

  • وَمَن يُشَاقِقِ ٱلرَّسُولَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَيَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ نُوَلِّهِۦ مَا تَوَلَّىٰ وَنُصْلِهِۦ جَهَنَّمَ وَسَآءَتْ مَصِيرًا

    And whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him and follows other than the way of the believers - We will give him what he has taken and drive him into…

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-Qamar 54:472 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

    س-ع-رض-ل-ل

  • Al-Qamar 54:242 shared roots

    فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

    س-ع-رض-ل-ل

  • Taa-Haa 20:792 shared roots

    وَأَضَلَّ فِرْعَوْنُ قَوْمَهُۥ وَمَا هَدَىٰ

    ض-ل-له-د-ي

  • Al-Muminoon 23:492 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

    ه-د-يك-ت-ب

  • Ad-Dhuhaa 93:72 shared roots

    وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدَىٰ

    ض-ل-له-د-ي

  • Luqman 31:212 shared roots

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

    س-ع-رع-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 22:4?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 22:4 include Quran 39:19 (Surah Az-Zumar), Quran 87:11 (Surah Al-A'laa), Quran 3:192 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), and Quran 84:11 (Surah Al-Inshiqaaq). For example, 39:19 reads: “Then, is one who has deserved the decree of punishment [to be guided]? Then, can you save one who is in the Fire?” 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 22:4 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 22:4 (Surah Al-Hajj, The Pilgrimage) reads: “It has been decreed for every devil that whoever turns to him - he will misguide him and will lead him to the punishment of the Blaze.”

Which surah is verse 22:4 in?

Quran 22:4 is āyah 4 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 22:4?

Tartīl presents Quran 22:4 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.