Surah Al-Jaathiya · Ayah 8·Makkī

8

عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ كَأَن لَّمْ ﴿٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Who hears the verses of Allah recited to him, then persists arrogantly as if he had not heard them. So give him tidings of a painful punishment.

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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 · 9 roots in 10 of 14 words

Rarest here: ص-ر-ر 6× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 15 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Light Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

14 words · 57 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 8 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.

  • أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

    Does he not know that Allah sees?

  • وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ يُكْفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلَا تَقْعُدُوا۟ مَعَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا۟ فِى حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِۦٓ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا مِّثْلُهُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ جَامِعُ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ جَمِيعًا

    And it has already come down to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah [recited], they are denied [by them] and ridiculed; so do not sit with them until they enter…

  • أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ

    [Saying], 'Worship Allah, fear Him and obey me.

  • وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُ ٱتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ أَخَذَتْهُ ٱلْعِزَّةُ بِٱلْإِثْمِ فَحَسْبُهُۥ جَهَنَّمُ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ

    And when it is said to him, "Fear Allah," pride in the sin takes hold of him. Sufficient for him is Hellfire, and how wretched is the resting place.

  • تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ ظُلْمًا لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    These are the verses of Allah. We recite them to you, [O Muhammad], in truth; and Allah wants no injustice to the worlds.

  • مَّٰكِثِينَ فِيهِ أَبَدًا

    In which they will remain forever

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 45:8?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 45:8 include Quran 96:14 (Surah Al-Alaq), Quran 4:140 (Surah An-Nisaa), Quran 71:3 (Surah Nooh), and Quran 2:206 (Surah Al-Baqara). For example, 96:14 reads: “Does he not know that Allah sees?” 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 45:8 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 45:8 (Surah Al-Jaathiya, Crouching) reads: “Who hears the verses of Allah recited to him, then persists arrogantly as if he had not heard them. So give him tidings of a painful punishment.”

Which surah is verse 45:8 in?

Quran 45:8 is āyah 8 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 45:8?

Tartīl presents Quran 45:8 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.