Surah At-Tawba · Ayah 35·Madanī

35

عَلَيْهَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ بِهَا هَٰذَا مَا مَا ﴿٣٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

The Day when it will be heated in the fire of Hell and seared therewith will be their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs, [it will be said], "This is what you hoarded for yourselves, so taste what you used to hoard."

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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 · 11 roots in 12 of 19 words

Rarest here: ج-ب-ه used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 27 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī16
  • Light rāʾ2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī6
  • Ikhfāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

19 words · 84 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 35 of 129

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.

  • ٱصْلَوْهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

    [Enter to] burn therein today for what you used to deny."

  • ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.

  • إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ

    Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,

  • يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ

    The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."

  • يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا

    The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],

  • وَلَهُم مَّقَٰمِعُ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ

    And for [striking] them are maces of iron.

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.

  • Al-Qaari'a 101:112 shared roots

    نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ

    ح-م-ين-و-ر

  • Al-Ghaashiya 88:42 shared roots

    تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

    ح-م-ين-و-ر

  • Al-Anfaal 8:142 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكُمْ فَذُوقُوهُ وَأَنَّ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ

    ذ-و-قن-و-ر

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:344 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ أَلَيْسَ هَٰذَا بِٱلْحَقِّ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّنَا قَالَ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

    ذ-و-قن-و-ري-و-مك-و-ن

  • Al-Furqaan 25:82 shared roots

    أَوْ يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا

    ك-ن-زك-و-ن

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:572 shared roots

    كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

    ذ-و-قن-ف-س

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 9:35?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 9:35 include Quran 36:64 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 83:16 (Surah Al-Mutaffifin), Quran 52:17 (Surah At-Tur), and Quran 54:48 (Surah Al-Qamar). For example, 36:64 reads: “[Enter to] burn therein today for what you used to deny."” 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 9:35 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 9:35 (Surah At-Tawba, The Repentance) reads: “The Day when it will be heated in the fire of Hell and seared therewith will be their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs, [it will be said], "This is what you hoarded for yourselves, so taste what you used to hoard."”

Which surah is verse 9:35 in?

Quran 9:35 is āyah 35 of Surah At-Tawba (The Repentance), chapter 9 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 129 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 9:35?

Tartīl presents Quran 9:35 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.