Surah Taa-Haa · Ayah 125·Makkī

125

لِمَ وَقَدْ ﴿١٢٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He will say, "My Lord, why have you raised me blind while I was [once] seeing?"

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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 8 words

Recitation · 9 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ikhfāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 28 letters · āyah 125 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.

  • Quran 80:2 · Abasaclose

    أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ

    Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].

  • Quran 19:42 · Maryamclose

    إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْـًٔا

    [Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?

  • Quran 17:62 · Al-Israaclose

    قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كَرَّمْتَ عَلَىَّ لَئِنْ أَخَّرْتَنِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

    [Iblees] said, "Do You see this one whom You have honored above me? If You delay me until the Day of Resurrection, I will surely destroy his descendants, except for a few."

  • Quran 13:19 · Ar-Ra'dclose

    أَفَمَن يَعْلَمُ أَنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ٱلْحَقُّ كَمَنْ هُوَ أَعْمَىٰٓ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ

    Then is he who knows that what has been revealed to you from your Lord is the truth like one who is blind? They will only be reminded who are people of understanding -

  • Quran 27:84 · An-Namlclose

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُو قَالَ أَكَذَّبْتُم بِـَٔايَٰتِى وَلَمْ تُحِيطُوا۟ بِهَا عِلْمًا أَمَّاذَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    Until, when they arrive [at the place of Judgement], He will say, "Did you deny My signs while you encompassed them not in knowledge, or what [was it that] you were doing?"

  • Quran 90:7 · Al-Baladclose

    أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

    Does he think that no one has seen him?

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.

  • Faatir 35:192 shared roots

    وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ

    ع-م-يب-ص-ر

  • Yunus 10:433 shared roots

    وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَنظُرُ إِلَيْكَ أَفَأَنتَ تَهْدِى ٱلْعُمْىَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

    ع-م-يب-ص-رك-و-ن

  • Al-An'aam 6:1043 shared roots

    قَدْ جَآءَكُم بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَنْ أَبْصَرَ فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ وَمَنْ عَمِىَ فَعَلَيْهَا وَمَآ أَنَا۠ عَلَيْكُم بِحَفِيظٍ

    ع-م-يب-ص-رر-ب-ب

  • Al-Inshiqaaq 84:153 shared roots

    بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا

    ب-ص-رر-ب-بك-و-ن

  • Al-Hijr 15:252 shared roots

    وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ

    ح-ش-رر-ب-ب

  • Taa-Haa 20:352 shared roots

    إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا

    ب-ص-رك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 20:125?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 20:125 include Quran 80:2 (Surah Abasa), Quran 19:42 (Surah Maryam), Quran 17:62 (Surah Al-Israa), and Quran 13:19 (Surah Ar-Ra'd). For example, 80:2 reads: “Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].” 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 20:125 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 20:125 (Surah Taa-Haa, Taa-Haa) reads: “He will say, "My Lord, why have you raised me blind while I was [once] seeing?"”

Which surah is verse 20:125 in?

Quran 20:125 is āyah 125 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 20:125?

Tartīl presents Quran 20:125 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.