Surah Al-Anfaal · Ayah 31·Madanī

31

وَإِذَا عَلَيْهِمْ قَدْ لَوْ هَٰذَآ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ ﴿٣١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

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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 · 8 roots in 9 of 17 words

Recitation · 19 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī14
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

17 words · 68 letters · āyah 31 of 75

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.

  • لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَٰذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

  • إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

  • وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُم مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    And when it is said to them, "What has your Lord sent down?" They say, "Legends of the former peoples,"

  • وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ

    And indeed, the disbelievers used to say,

  • وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍ مَّا كَانَ حُجَّتَهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱئْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, their argument is only that they say, "Bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."

  • وَلَقَدْ وَصَّلْنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْقَوْلَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

    And We have [repeatedly] conveyed to them the Qur'an that they might be reminded.

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 8:31?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 8:31 include Quran 27:68 (Surah An-Naml), Quran 68:15 (Surah Al-Qalam), Quran 16:24 (Surah An-Nahl), and Quran 37:167 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 27:68 reads: “We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples."” 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 8:31 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 8:31 (Surah Al-Anfaal, The Spoils of War) reads: “And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples."”

Which surah is verse 8:31 in?

Quran 8:31 is āyah 31 of Surah Al-Anfaal (The Spoils of War), chapter 8 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 75 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 8:31?

Tartīl presents Quran 8:31 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.