Surah Taa-Haa · Ayah 48·Makkī

48

إِنَّا قَدْ إِلَيْنَآ أَنَّ عَلَىٰ مَن ﴿٤٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Indeed, it has been revealed to us that the punishment will be upon whoever denies and turns away.' "

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 10 words

Recitation · 10 points across 5 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 35 letters · āyah 48 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 6:49 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَمَسُّهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

    But those who deny Our verses - the punishment will touch them for their defiant disobedience.

  • Quran 11:39 · Hudclose

    فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

    And you are going to know who will get a punishment that will disgrace him [on earth] and upon whom will descend an enduring punishment [in the Hereafter]."

  • Quran 68:44 · Al-Qalamclose

    فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    So leave Me, [O Muhammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies the Qur'an. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know.

  • Quran 31:7 · Luqmanclose

    وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا وَلَّىٰ مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا كَأَنَّ فِىٓ أُذُنَيْهِ وَقْرًا فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    And when our verses are recited to him, he turns away arrogantly as if he had not heard them, as if there was in his ears deafness. So give him tidings of a painful punishment.

  • Quran 77:29 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

    [They will be told], "Proceed to that which you used to deny.

  • Quran 37:38 · As-Saaffaatclose

    إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ

    Indeed, you [disbelievers] will be tasters of the painful punishment,

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-Lail 92:162 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    و-ل-يك-ذ-ب

  • Al-Qiyaama 75:322 shared roots

    وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    و-ل-يك-ذ-ب

  • Al-Alaq 96:132 shared roots

    أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

    و-ل-يك-ذ-ب

  • An-Nahl 16:1132 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

    ك-ذ-بع-ذ-ب

  • Al-An'aam 6:1212 shared roots

    وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا۟ مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ ٱسْمُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِسْقٌ وَإِنَّ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ لَيُوحُونَ إِلَىٰٓ أَوْلِيَآئِهِمْ لِيُجَٰدِلُوكُمْ وَإِنْ أَطَعْتُمُوهُمْ إِنَّكُمْ لَمُشْرِكُونَ

    و-ح-يو-ل-ي

  • Al-Hajj 22:572 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

    ك-ذ-بع-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 20:48?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 20:48 include Quran 6:49 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 11:39 (Surah Hud), Quran 68:44 (Surah Al-Qalam), and Quran 31:7 (Surah Luqman). For example, 6:49 reads: “But those who deny Our verses - the punishment will touch them for their defiant disobedience.” 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 20:48 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 20:48 (Surah Taa-Haa, Taa-Haa) reads: “Indeed, it has been revealed to us that the punishment will be upon whoever denies and turns away.' "”

Which surah is verse 20:48 in?

Quran 20:48 is āyah 48 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 20:48?

Tartīl presents Quran 20:48 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.