Surah Abasa · Ayah 40·Makkī

40

عَلَيْهَا ﴿٤٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 4 words

Rarest here: غ-ب-ر — 8× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 5 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 19 letters · āyah 40 of 42

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 75:23 · Al-Qiyaamaclose

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ

    Looking at their Lord.

  • Quran 36:55 · Yaseenclose

    إِنَّ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى شُغُلٍ فَٰكِهُونَ

    Indeed the companions of Paradise, that Day, will be amused in [joyful] occupation -

  • Quran 88:9 · Al-Ghaashiyaclose

    لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

    With their effort [they are] satisfied

  • Quran 88:2 · Al-Ghaashiyaclose

    وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

    [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

  • Quran 9:82 · At-Tawbarelated

    فَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟ قَلِيلًا وَلْيَبْكُوا۟ كَثِيرًا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

    So let them laugh a little and [then] weep much as recompense for what they used to earn.

  • Quran 53:60 · An-Najmrelated

    وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ

    And you laugh and do not weep

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 80:40?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 80:40 include Quran 75:23 (Surah Al-Qiyaama), Quran 36:55 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 88:9 (Surah Al-Ghaashiya), and Quran 88:2 (Surah Al-Ghaashiya). For example, 75:23 reads: “Looking at their Lord.” 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 80:40 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 80:40 (Surah Abasa, He frowned) reads: “And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.”

Which surah is verse 80:40 in?

Quran 80:40 is āyah 40 of Surah Abasa (He frowned), chapter 80 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 42 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 80:40?

Tartīl presents Quran 80:40 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.