Surah Al-Maaida · Ayah 81·Madanī

81

وَلَوْ وَمَآ إِلَيْهِ مَا وَلَٰكِنَّ مِّنْهُمْ ﴿٨١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And if they had believed in Allah and the Prophet and in what was revealed to him, they would not have taken them as allies; but many of them are defiantly disobedient.

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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 9 of 15 words

Recitation · 21 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Ghunnah3
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Light Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

15 words · 69 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 81 of 120

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.

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    They swear by Allah that they did not say [anything against the Prophet] while they had said the word of disbelief and disbelieved after their [pretense of] Islam and planned that…

  • Quran 25:55 · Al-Furqaanvery close

    وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَكَانَ ٱلْكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرًا

    But they worship rather than Allah that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the disbeliever is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan].

  • Quran 16:83 · An-Nahlvery close

    يَعْرِفُونَ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنكِرُونَهَا وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

    They recognize the favor of Allah; then they deny it. And most of them are disbelievers.

  • Quran 2:9 · Al-Baqaravery close

    يُخَٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    They [think to] deceive Allah and those who believe, but they deceive not except themselves and perceive [it] not.

  • Quran 46:28 · Al-Ahqafvery close

    فَلَوْلَا نَصَرَهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قُرْبَانًا ءَالِهَةًۢ بَلْ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنْهُمْ وَذَٰلِكَ إِفْكُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

    Then why did those they took besides Allah as deities by which to approach [Him] not aid them? But they had strayed from them. And that was their falsehood and what they were…

  • Quran 6:137 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَثِيرٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ قَتْلَ أَوْلَٰدِهِمْ شُرَكَآؤُهُمْ لِيُرْدُوهُمْ وَلِيَلْبِسُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ دِينَهُمْ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ

    And likewise, to many of the polytheists their partners have made [to seem] pleasing the killing of their children in order to bring about their destruction and to cover them with…

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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.

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    فَمَن تَوَلَّىٰ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ

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  • Al-Hadid 57:263 shared roots

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  • Al-Maaida 5:595 shared roots

    قُلْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ هَلْ تَنقِمُونَ مِنَّآ إِلَّآ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلُ وَأَنَّ أَكْثَرَكُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ

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  • Al-Maaida 5:595 shared roots

    قُلْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ هَلْ تَنقِمُونَ مِنَّآ إِلَّآ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلُ وَأَنَّ أَكْثَرَكُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 5:81?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 5:81 include Quran 9:74 (Surah At-Tawba), Quran 25:55 (Surah Al-Furqaan), Quran 16:83 (Surah An-Nahl), and Quran 2:9 (Surah Al-Baqara). For example, 9:74 reads: “They swear by Allah that they did not say [anything against the Prophet] while they had said the word of disbelief and disbelieved after their [pretense of] Islam and planned that…” 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 5:81 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 5:81 (Surah Al-Maaida, The Table) reads: “And if they had believed in Allah and the Prophet and in what was revealed to him, they would not have taken them as allies; but many of them are defiantly disobedient.”

Which surah is verse 5:81 in?

Quran 5:81 is āyah 81 of Surah Al-Maaida (The Table), chapter 5 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 120 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 5:81?

Tartīl presents Quran 5:81 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.