Surah Fussilat · Ayah 22·Makkī

22

وَمَا أَن عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَآ وَلَا وَلَٰكِن أَنَّ لَا مِّمَّا ﴿٢٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And you were not covering yourselves, lest your hearing testify against you or your sight or your skins, but you assumed that Allah does not know much of what you 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 · 11 roots in 11 of 20 words

Rarest here: س-ت-ر — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 31 points across 8 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Ikhfāʾ5
  • Iẓhār shafawī7
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ghunnah3
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

20 words · 83 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 22 of 54

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 2:72 · Al-Baqaravery close

    وَإِذْ قَتَلْتُمْ نَفْسًا فَٱدَّٰرَْٰٔتُمْ فِيهَا وَٱللَّهُ مُخْرِجٌ مَّا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ

    And [recall] when you slew a man and disputed over it, but Allah was to bring out that which you were concealing.

  • Quran 10:29 · Yunusclose

    فَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ إِن كُنَّا عَنْ عِبَادَتِكُمْ لَغَٰفِلِينَ

    And sufficient is Allah as a witness between us and you that we were of your worship unaware."

  • Quran 3:153 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    إِذْ تُصْعِدُونَ وَلَا تَلْوُۥنَ عَلَىٰٓ أَحَدٍ وَٱلرَّسُولُ يَدْعُوكُمْ فِىٓ أُخْرَىٰكُمْ فَأَثَٰبَكُمْ غَمًّۢا بِغَمٍّ لِّكَيْلَا تَحْزَنُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا مَآ أَصَٰبَكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

    [Remember] when you [fled and] climbed [the mountain] without looking aside at anyone while the Messenger was calling you from behind. So Allah repaid you with distress upon…

  • Quran 12:96 · Yusufclose

    فَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَ ٱلْبَشِيرُ أَلْقَىٰهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦ فَٱرْتَدَّ بَصِيرًا قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    And when the bearer of good tidings arrived, he cast it over his face, and he returned [once again] seeing. He said, "Did I not tell you that I know from Allah that which you do…

  • Quran 24:15 · An-Noorclose

    إِذْ تَلَقَّوْنَهُۥ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَتَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَاهِكُم مَّا لَيْسَ لَكُم بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ وَتَحْسَبُونَهُۥ هَيِّنًا وَهُوَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَظِيمٌ

    When you received it with your tongues and said with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge and thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of Allah…

  • Quran 8:43 · Al-Anfaalclose

    إِذْ يُرِيكَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى مَنَامِكَ قَلِيلًا وَلَوْ أَرَىٰكَهُمْ كَثِيرًا لَّفَشِلْتُمْ وَلَتَنَٰزَعْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَمْرِ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَلَّمَ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

    [Remember, O Muhammad], when Allah showed them to you in your dream as few; and if He had shown them to you as many, you [believers] would have lost courage and would have…

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.

  • Fussilat 41:205 shared roots

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا مَا جَآءُوهَا شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَأَبْصَٰرُهُمْ وَجُلُودُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    ج-ل-دش-ه-دب-ص-رس-م-عع-م-ل

  • Fussilat 41:205 shared roots

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا مَا جَآءُوهَا شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَأَبْصَٰرُهُمْ وَجُلُودُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    ج-ل-دش-ه-دب-ص-رس-م-عع-م-ل

  • As-Saaffaat 37:872 shared roots

    فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ظ-ن-نع-ل-م

  • Fussilat 41:213 shared roots

    وَقَالُوا۟ لِجُلُودِهِمْ لِمَ شَهِدتُّمْ عَلَيْنَا قَالُوٓا۟ أَنطَقَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    ج-ل-دش-ه-دأ-ل-ه

  • Fussilat 41:213 shared roots

    وَقَالُوا۟ لِجُلُودِهِمْ لِمَ شَهِدتُّمْ عَلَيْنَا قَالُوٓا۟ أَنطَقَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    ج-ل-دش-ه-دأ-ل-ه

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:2202 shared roots

    إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    س-م-عع-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 41:22?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 41:22 include Quran 2:72 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 10:29 (Surah Yunus), Quran 3:153 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), and Quran 12:96 (Surah Yusuf). For example, 2:72 reads: “And [recall] when you slew a man and disputed over it, but Allah was to bring out that which you were concealing.” 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 41:22 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 41:22 (Surah Fussilat, Explained in detail) reads: “And you were not covering yourselves, lest your hearing testify against you or your sight or your skins, but you assumed that Allah does not know much of what you do.”

Which surah is verse 41:22 in?

Quran 41:22 is āyah 22 of Surah Fussilat (Explained in detail), chapter 41 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 54 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 41:22?

Tartīl presents Quran 41:22 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.