Surah At-Tawba · Ayah 57·Madanī

57

لَوْ أَوْ أَوْ إِلَيْهِ وَهُمْ ﴿٥٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

If they could find a refuge or some caves or any place to enter [and hide], they would turn to it while they run heedlessly.

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 11 words

Rarest here: ج-م-ح — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 11 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 43 letters · āyah 57 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.

  • Quran 21:12 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّوا۟ بَأْسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ

    And when its inhabitants perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.

  • Quran 34:51 · Sabaclose

    وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ فَزِعُوا۟ فَلَا فَوْتَ وَأُخِذُوا۟ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ

    And if you could see when they are terrified but there is no escape, and they will be seized from a place nearby.

  • Quran 41:48 · Fussilatrelated

    وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَدْعُونَ مِن قَبْلُ وَظَنُّوا۟ مَا لَهُم مِّن مَّحِيصٍ

    And lost from them will be those they were invoking before, and they will be certain that they have no place of escape.

  • Quran 54:45 · Al-Qamarrelated

    سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ

    [Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].

  • Quran 36:66 · Yaseenrelated

    وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبْصِرُونَ

    And if We willed, We could have obliterated their eyes, and they would race to [find] the path, and how could they see?

  • Quran 15:83 · Al-Hijrrelated

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

    But the shriek seized them at early morning.

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-Fath 48:222 shared roots

    وَلَوْ قَٰتَلَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوَلَّوُا۟ ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

    و-ج-دو-ل-ي

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:652 shared roots

    خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا لَّا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

    و-ج-دو-ل-ي

  • An-Noor 24:282 shared roots

    فَإِن لَّمْ تَجِدُوا۟ فِيهَآ أَحَدًا فَلَا تَدْخُلُوهَا حَتَّىٰ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ وَإِن قِيلَ لَكُمُ ٱرْجِعُوا۟ فَٱرْجِعُوا۟ هُوَ أَزْكَىٰ لَكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌ

    و-ج-دد-خ-ل

  • Nooh 71:252 shared roots

    مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا۟ فَأُدْخِلُوا۟ نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًا

    و-ج-دد-خ-ل

  • At-Tawba 9:1232 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَٰتِلُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يَلُونَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ وَلْيَجِدُوا۟ فِيكُمْ غِلْظَةً وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

    و-ج-دو-ل-ي

  • Ash-Shura 42:82 shared roots

    وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَهُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَلَٰكِن يُدْخِلُ مَن يَشَآءُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦ وَٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ مَا لَهُم مِّن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

    د-خ-لو-ل-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 9:57?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 9:57 include Quran 21:12 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 34:51 (Surah Saba), Quran 41:48 (Surah Fussilat), and Quran 54:45 (Surah Al-Qamar). For example, 21:12 reads: “And when its inhabitants perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.” 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 9:57 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 9:57 (Surah At-Tawba, The Repentance) reads: “If they could find a refuge or some caves or any place to enter [and hide], they would turn to it while they run heedlessly.”

Which surah is verse 9:57 in?

Quran 9:57 is āyah 57 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 9:57?

Tartīl presents Quran 9:57 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.