Surah Al-Jaathiya · Ayah 15·Makkī

15

مَنْ وَمَنْ فَعَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ ﴿١٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Whoever does a good deed - it is for himself; and whoever does evil - it is against the self. Then to your Lord you will be returned.

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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

  • Iẓhār3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 43 letters · āyah 15 of 37

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.

  • مَّنْ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ وَمَنْ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيْهَا وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

    Whoever does righteousness - it is for his [own] soul; and whoever does evil [does so] against it. And your Lord is not ever unjust to [His] servants.

  • مَنْ عَمِلَ سَيِّئَةً فَلَا يُجْزَىٰٓ إِلَّا مِثْلَهَا وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ يُرْزَقُونَ فِيهَا بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

    Whoever does an evil deed will not be recompensed except by the like thereof; but whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - those will enter…

  • مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجْزَىٰٓ إِلَّا مِثْلَهَا وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

    Whoever comes [on the Day of Judgement] with a good deed will have ten times the like thereof [to his credit], and whoever comes with an evil deed will not be recompensed except…

  • يُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْحَمُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُقْلَبُونَ

    He punishes whom He wills and has mercy upon whom He wills, and to Him you will be returned.

  • غَافِرِ ٱلذَّنۢبِ وَقَابِلِ ٱلتَّوْبِ شَدِيدِ ٱلْعِقَابِ ذِى ٱلطَّوْلِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    The forgiver of sin, acceptor of repentance, severe in punishment, owner of abundance. There is no deity except Him; to Him is the destination.

  • أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ

    Have you seen the one who forbids

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.

  • Fussilat 41:465 shared roots

    مَّنْ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ وَمَنْ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيْهَا وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

    س-و-أص-ل-حن-ف-سع-م-لر-ب-ب

  • Al-Alaq 96:82 shared roots

    إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ

    ر-ج-عر-ب-ب

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:642 shared roots

    فَرَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    ر-ج-عن-ف-س

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:73 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَنُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَحْسَنَ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    س-و-أص-ل-حع-م-ل

  • Al-An'aam 6:545 shared roots

    وَإِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَقُلْ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ ٱلرَّحْمَةَ أَنَّهُۥ مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنكُمْ سُوٓءًۢا بِجَهَٰلَةٍ ثُمَّ تَابَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَصْلَحَ فَأَنَّهُۥ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    س-و-أص-ل-حن-ف-سع-م-لر-ب-ب

  • Ar-Room 30:443 shared roots

    مَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُۥ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا فَلِأَنفُسِهِمْ يَمْهَدُونَ

    ص-ل-حن-ف-سع-م-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 45:15?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 45:15 include Quran 41:46 (Surah Fussilat), Quran 40:40 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), Quran 6:160 (Surah Al-An'aam), and Quran 29:21 (Surah Al-Ankaboot). For example, 41:46 reads: “Whoever does righteousness - it is for his [own] soul; and whoever does evil [does so] against it. And your Lord is not ever unjust to [His] servants.” 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 45:15 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 45:15 (Surah Al-Jaathiya, Crouching) reads: “Whoever does a good deed - it is for himself; and whoever does evil - it is against the self. Then to your Lord you will be returned.”

Which surah is verse 45:15 in?

Quran 45:15 is āyah 15 of Surah Al-Jaathiya (Crouching), chapter 45 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 37 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 45:15?

Tartīl presents Quran 45:15 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.