Surah Ar-Rahmaan · Ayah 8·Madanī

8

أَلَّا فِى ﴿٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

That you not transgress within the balance.

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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 · 2 roots in 2 of 4 words

Recitation · 6 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 17 letters · āyah 8 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.

  • Quran 18:2 · Al-Kahfclose

    قَيِّمًا لِّيُنذِرَ بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا مِّن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا

    [He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward

  • Quran 18:89 · Al-Kahfclose

    ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا

    Then he followed a way

  • Quran 84:1 · Al-Inshiqaaqclose

    إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

    When the sky has split [open]

  • Quran 32:5 · As-Sajdaclose

    يُدَبِّرُ ٱلْأَمْرَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥٓ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ

    He arranges [each] matter from the heaven to the earth; then it will ascend to Him in a Day, the extent of which is a thousand years of those which you count.

  • Quran 87:2 · Al-A'laaclose

    ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

    Who created and proportioned

  • Quran 82:9 · Al-Infitaarclose

    كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ

    No! But you deny the Recompense.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 55:8?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 55:8 include Quran 18:2 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 18:89 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 84:1 (Surah Al-Inshiqaaq), and Quran 32:5 (Surah As-Sajda). For example, 18:2 reads: “[He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward” 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 55:8 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 55:8 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan, The Beneficent) reads: “That you not transgress within the balance.”

Which surah is verse 55:8 in?

Quran 55:8 is āyah 8 of Surah Ar-Rahmaan (The Beneficent), chapter 55 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 78 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 55:8?

Tartīl presents Quran 55:8 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.