Surah As-Saff · Ayah 8·Madanī

8

وَلَوْ ﴿٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They want to extinguish the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will perfect His light, although the disbelievers dislike it.

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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 · 8 roots in 10 of 11 words

Rarest here: ط-ف-أ — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 21 points across 7 rule families

  • Light rāʾ5
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy Allāh2

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 52 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 8 of 14

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 3:141 · Aal-i-Imraanvery close

    وَلِيُمَحِّصَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَيَمْحَقَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    And that Allah may purify the believers [through trials] and destroy the disbelievers.

  • Quran 33:64 · Al-Ahzaabclose

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ سَعِيرًا

    Indeed, Allah has cursed the disbelievers and prepared for them a Blaze.

  • Quran 2:9 · Al-Baqaraclose

    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 47:23 · Muhammadclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُمْ وَأَعْمَىٰٓ أَبْصَٰرَهُمْ

    Those [who do so] are the ones that Allah has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision.

  • Quran 84:22 · Al-Inshiqaaqclose

    بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ

    But those who have disbelieved deny,

  • Quran 16:62 · An-Nahlclose

    وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ مَا يَكْرَهُونَ وَتَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُهُمُ ٱلْكَذِبَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَأَنَّهُم مُّفْرَطُونَ

    And they attribute to Allah that which they dislike, and their tongues assert the lie that they will have the best [from Him]. Assuredly, they will have the Fire, and they will be…

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.

  • At-Tawba 9:325 shared roots

    يُرِيدُونَ أَن يُطْفِـُٔوا۟ نُورَ ٱللَّهِ بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَيَأْبَى ٱللَّهُ إِلَّآ أَن يُتِمَّ نُورَهُۥ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

    ط-ف-أف-و-هت-م-مك-ر-هر-و-د

  • Al-Maaida 5:372 shared roots

    يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَمَا هُم بِخَٰرِجِينَ مِنْهَا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

    ر-و-دن-و-ر

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:143 shared roots

    فَٱدْعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

    ك-ر-هك-ف-رأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Maaida 5:644 shared roots

    وَقَالَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ يَدُ ٱللَّهِ مَغْلُولَةٌ غُلَّتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَلُعِنُوا۟ بِمَا قَالُوا۟ بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِ يُنفِقُ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُم مَّآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ طُغْيَٰنًا وَكُفْرًا وَأَلْقَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ ٱلْعَدَٰوَةَ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ كُلَّمَآ أَوْقَدُوا۟ نَارًا لِّلْحَرْبِ أَطْفَأَهَا ٱللَّهُ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

    ط-ف-أن-و-رك-ف-رأ-ل-ه

  • Yunus 10:822 shared roots

    وَيُحِقُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

    ك-ر-هأ-ل-ه

  • At-Tur 52:422 shared roots

    أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ

    ر-و-دك-ف-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 61:8?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 61:8 include Quran 3:141 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 33:64 (Surah Al-Ahzaab), Quran 2:9 (Surah Al-Baqara), and Quran 47:23 (Surah Muhammad). For example, 3:141 reads: “And that Allah may purify the believers [through trials] and destroy the disbelievers.” 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 61:8 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 61:8 (Surah As-Saff, The Ranks) reads: “They want to extinguish the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will perfect His light, although the disbelievers dislike it.”

Which surah is verse 61:8 in?

Quran 61:8 is āyah 8 of Surah As-Saff (The Ranks), chapter 61 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 14 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 61:8?

Tartīl presents Quran 61:8 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.