Surah Taa-Haa · Ayah 45·Makkī

45

إِنَّنَا أَن عَلَيْنَآ أَوْ أَن ﴿٤٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They said, "Our Lord, indeed we are afraid that he will hasten [punishment] against us or that he will transgress."

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 10 words

Rarest here: ف-ر-ط — 8× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 11 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 35 letters · āyah 45 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 6:51 · Al-An'aamvery close

    وَأَنذِرْ بِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ أَن يُحْشَرُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ لَيْسَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ وَلِىٌّ وَلَا شَفِيعٌ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

    And warn by the Qur'an those who fear that they will be gathered before their Lord - for them besides Him will be no protector and no intercessor - that they might become…

  • Quran 76:10 · Al-Insaanclose

    إِنَّا نَخَافُ مِن رَّبِّنَا يَوْمًا عَبُوسًا قَمْطَرِيرًا

    Indeed, We fear from our Lord a Day austere and distressful."

  • Quran 26:11 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ

    The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Allah?"

  • Quran 37:176 · As-Saaffaatclose

    أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

    Then for Our punishment are they impatient?

  • Quran 20:67 · Taa-Haaclose

    فَأَوْجَسَ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ خِيفَةً مُّوسَىٰ

    And he sensed within himself apprehension, did Moses.

  • Quran 26:12 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

    He said, "My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me

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-Qalam 68:312 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ

    ط-غ-يق-و-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:123 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

    خ-و-فر-ب-بق-و-ل

  • Az-Zumar 39:562 shared roots

    أَن تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يَٰحَسْرَتَىٰ عَلَىٰ مَا فَرَّطتُ فِى جَنۢبِ ٱللَّهِ وَإِن كُنتُ لَمِنَ ٱلسَّٰخِرِينَ

    ف-ر-طق-و-ل

  • Qaaf 50:273 shared roots

    قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

    ط-غ-ير-ب-بق-و-ل

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:462 shared roots

    وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ

    خ-و-فر-ب-ب

  • Al-An'aam 6:382 shared roots

    وَمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا طَٰٓئِرٍ يَطِيرُ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ إِلَّآ أُمَمٌ أَمْثَالُكُم مَّا فَرَّطْنَا فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مِن شَىْءٍ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يُحْشَرُونَ

    ف-ر-طر-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 20:45?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 20:45 include Quran 6:51 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 76:10 (Surah Al-Insaan), Quran 26:11 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 37:176 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 6:51 reads: “And warn by the Qur'an those who fear that they will be gathered before their Lord - for them besides Him will be no protector and no intercessor - that they might become…” 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 20:45 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 20:45 (Surah Taa-Haa, Taa-Haa) reads: “They said, "Our Lord, indeed we are afraid that he will hasten [punishment] against us or that he will transgress."”

Which surah is verse 20:45 in?

Quran 20:45 is āyah 45 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 20:45?

Tartīl presents Quran 20:45 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.