Surah Al-Mutaffifin · Ayah 36·Makkī

36

هَلْ مَا ﴿٣٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 6 words

Recitation · 7 points across 3 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 24 letters · āyah 36 of 36

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.

  • Quran 83:22 · Al-Mutaffifinclose

    إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ

    Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

  • Quran 66:7 · At-Tahrimclose

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    O you who have disbelieved, make no excuses that Day. You will only be recompensed for what you used to do.

  • Quran 26:158 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

  • Quran 42:45 · Ash-Shuraclose

    وَتَرَىٰهُمْ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا خَٰشِعِينَ مِنَ ٱلذُّلِّ يَنظُرُونَ مِن طَرْفٍ خَفِىٍّ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ فِى عَذَابٍ مُّقِيمٍ

    And you will see them being exposed to the Fire, humbled from humiliation, looking from [behind] a covert glance. And those who had believed will say, "Indeed, the [true] losers…

  • Quran 34:17 · Sabaclose

    ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَٰهُم بِمَا كَفَرُوا۟ وَهَلْ نُجَٰزِىٓ إِلَّا ٱلْكَفُورَ

    [By] that We repaid them because they disbelieved. And do We [thus] repay except the ungrateful?

  • Quran 50:2 · Qaafclose

    بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

    But they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, "This is an amazing thing.

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  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:192 shared roots

    وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

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  • Al-Baqara 2:1032 shared roots

    وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَمَثُوبَةٌ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

    ث-و-بك-و-ن

  • Al-Hijr 15:712 shared roots

    قَالَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ

    ف-ع-لك-و-ن

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1152 shared roots

    وَمَا يَفْعَلُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلَن يُكْفَرُوهُ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

    ف-ع-لك-ف-ر

  • An-Nisaa 4:1342 shared roots

    مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ثَوَابَ ٱلدُّنْيَا فَعِندَ ٱللَّهِ ثَوَابُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ سَمِيعًۢا بَصِيرًا

    ث-و-بك-و-ن

  • Al-Israa 17:1082 shared roots

    وَيَقُولُونَ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِن كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولًا

    ف-ع-لك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 83:36?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 83:36 include Quran 83:22 (Surah Al-Mutaffifin), Quran 66:7 (Surah At-Tahrim), Quran 26:158 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 42:45 (Surah Ash-Shura). For example, 83:22 reads: “Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure” 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 83:36 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 83:36 (Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Defrauding) reads: “Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?”

Which surah is verse 83:36 in?

Quran 83:36 is āyah 36 of Surah Al-Mutaffifin (Defrauding), chapter 83 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 36 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 83:36?

Tartīl presents Quran 83:36 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.