Surah Al-Ahzaab · Ayah 68·Madanī

68

مِنَ ﴿٦٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Our Lord, give them double the punishment and curse them with a great curse."

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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 7 of 8 words

Recitation · 12 points across 5 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Iẓhār3

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 38 letters · āyah 68 of 73

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 21:46 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

  • Quran 38:61 · Saadclose

    قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِى ٱلنَّارِ

    They will say, "Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us - increase for him double punishment in the Fire."

  • Quran 36:18 · Yaseenclose

    قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهُوا۟ لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you, from us, a painful punishment."

  • Quran 29:34 · Al-Ankabootclose

    إِنَّا مُنزِلُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ رِجْزًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

    Indeed, we will bring down on the people of this city punishment from the sky because they have been defiantly disobedient."

  • Quran 41:27 · Fussilatclose

    فَلَنُذِيقَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَسْوَأَ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    But We will surely cause those who disbelieve to taste a severe punishment, and We will surely recompense them for the worst of what they had been doing.

  • Quran 28:42 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَأَتْبَعْنَٰهُمْ فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ هُم مِّنَ ٱلْمَقْبُوحِينَ

    And We caused to overtake them in this world a curse, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be of the despised.

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-Ghaashiya 88:242 shared roots

    فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

    ك-ب-رع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Muddaththir 74:32 shared roots

    وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ

    ك-ب-رر-ب-ب

  • Al-A'raaf 7:753 shared roots

    قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِمَنْ ءَامَنَ مِنْهُمْ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ صَٰلِحًا مُّرْسَلٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلَ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنُونَ

    ض-ع-فك-ب-رر-ب-ب

  • Al-A'raaf 7:385 shared roots

    قَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ فِى ٱلنَّارِ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ لَّعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱدَّارَكُوا۟ فِيهَا جَمِيعًا قَالَتْ أُخْرَىٰهُمْ لِأُولَىٰهُمْ رَبَّنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَضَلُّونَا فَـَٔاتِهِمْ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَعْلَمُونَ

    ل-ع-نض-ع-فع-ذ-بأ-ت-ير-ب-ب

  • Saad 38:613 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِى ٱلنَّارِ

    ض-ع-فع-ذ-بر-ب-ب

  • Al-Qalam 68:332 shared roots

    كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

    ك-ب-رع-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 33:68?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 33:68 include Quran 21:46 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 38:61 (Surah Saad), Quran 36:18 (Surah Yaseen), and Quran 29:34 (Surah Al-Ankaboot). For example, 21:46 reads: “And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."” 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 33:68 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 33:68 (Surah Al-Ahzaab, The Clans) reads: “Our Lord, give them double the punishment and curse them with a great curse."”

Which surah is verse 33:68 in?

Quran 33:68 is āyah 68 of Surah Al-Ahzaab (The Clans), chapter 33 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 73 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 33:68?

Tartīl presents Quran 33:68 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.