Surah Taa-Haa · Ayah 124·Makkī

124

وَمَنْ عَن فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ ﴿١٢٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed life, and We will gather him on the Day of Resurrection blind."

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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 8 of 12 words

Rarest here: ض-ن-ك used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 14 points across 5 rule families

  • Iẓhār5
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 46 letters · āyah 124 of 135

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.

  • مَّنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَحْمِلُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وِزْرًا

    Whoever turns away from it - then indeed, he will bear on the Day of Resurrection a burden,

  • وَمَن كَانَ فِى هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَعْمَىٰ فَهُوَ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَعْمَىٰ وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

    And whoever is blind in this [life] will be blind in the Hereafter and more astray in way.

  • حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرْجِعُونِ

    [For such is the state of the disbelievers], until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back

  • يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

    He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

  • فَٱعْبُدُوا۟ مَا شِئْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَلَا ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْخُسْرَانُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

    So worship what you will besides Him." Say, "Indeed, the losers are the ones who will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, that is the…

  • وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُۥ شَيْطَٰنًا فَهُوَ لَهُۥ قَرِينٌ

    And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.

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.

  • Taa-Haa 20:1252 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرْتَنِىٓ أَعْمَىٰ وَقَدْ كُنتُ بَصِيرًا

    ع-م-يح-ش-ر

  • Taa-Haa 20:1252 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرْتَنِىٓ أَعْمَىٰ وَقَدْ كُنتُ بَصِيرًا

    ع-م-يح-ش-ر

  • Al-Muddaththir 74:492 shared roots

    فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

    ع-ر-ضذ-ك-ر

  • Al-Kahf 18:1002 shared roots

    وَعَرَضْنَا جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَرْضًا

    ع-ر-ضي-و-م

  • Al-Qasas 28:662 shared roots

    فَعَمِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَهُمْ لَا يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    ع-م-يي-و-م

  • Al-An'aam 6:722 shared roots

    وَأَنْ أَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

    ح-ش-رق-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 20:124?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 20:124 include Quran 20:100 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 17:72 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 23:99 (Surah Al-Muminoon), and Quran 75:6 (Surah Al-Qiyaama). For example, 20:100 reads: “Whoever turns away from it - then indeed, he will bear on the Day of Resurrection a burden,” 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 20:124 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 20:124 (Surah Taa-Haa, Taa-Haa) reads: “And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed life, and We will gather him on the Day of Resurrection blind."”

Which surah is verse 20:124 in?

Quran 20:124 is āyah 124 of Surah Taa-Haa (Taa-Haa), chapter 20 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 135 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 20:124?

Tartīl presents Quran 20:124 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.