Surah Saba · Ayah 40·Makkī

40

ثُمَّ أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِيَّاكُمْ ﴿٤٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [mention] the Day when He will gather them all and then say to the angels, "Did these [people] used to worship you?"

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 10 words

Recitation · 13 points across 5 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 50 letters · āyah 40 of 54

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

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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.

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    وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمْ أَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَادِى هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا۟ ٱلسَّبِيلَ

    And [mention] the Day He will gather them and that which they worship besides Allah and will say, "Did you mislead these, My servants, or did they [themselves] stray from the way?"

  • Quran 8:9 · Al-Anfaalclose

    إِذْ تَسْتَغِيثُونَ رَبَّكُمْ فَٱسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ أَنِّى مُمِدُّكُم بِأَلْفٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ مُرْدِفِينَ

    [Remember] when you asked help of your Lord, and He answered you, "Indeed, I will reinforce you with a thousand from the angels, following one another."

  • Quran 26:92 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

    And it will be said to them, "Where are those you used to worship

  • Quran 69:17 · Al-Haaqqaclose

    وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ

    And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].

  • Quran 18:48 · Al-Kahfclose

    وَعُرِضُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ صَفًّا لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۭ بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ أَلَّن نَّجْعَلَ لَكُم مَّوْعِدًا

    And they will be presented before your Lord in rows, [and He will say], "You have certainly come to Us just as We created you the first time. But you claimed that We would never…

  • Quran 21:103 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    لَا يَحْزُنُهُمُ ٱلْفَزَعُ ٱلْأَكْبَرُ وَتَتَلَقَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ هَٰذَا يَوْمُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ

    They will not be grieved by the greatest terror, and the angels will meet them, [saying], "This is your Day which you have been promised" -

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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.

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  • Al-An'aam 6:225 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ نَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوٓا۟ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآؤُكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ

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  • Al-Furqaan 25:174 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمْ أَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَادِى هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا۟ ٱلسَّبِيلَ

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  • As-Saaffaat 37:223 shared roots

    ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ

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    لَّن يَسْتَنكِفَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ أَن يَكُونَ عَبْدًا لِّلَّهِ وَلَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ وَمَن يَسْتَنكِفْ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَيَسْتَكْبِرْ فَسَيَحْشُرُهُمْ إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعًا

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 34:40?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 34:40 include Quran 25:17 (Surah Al-Furqaan), Quran 8:9 (Surah Al-Anfaal), Quran 26:92 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 69:17 (Surah Al-Haaqqa). For example, 25:17 reads: “And [mention] the Day He will gather them and that which they worship besides Allah and will say, "Did you mislead these, My servants, or did they [themselves] stray from the way?"” 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 34:40 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 34:40 (Surah Saba, Sheba) reads: “And [mention] the Day when He will gather them all and then say to the angels, "Did these [people] used to worship you?"”

Which surah is verse 34:40 in?

Quran 34:40 is āyah 40 of Surah Saba (Sheba), chapter 34 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 54 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 34:40?

Tartīl presents Quran 34:40 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.