Surah Al-Anfaal · Ayah 57·Madanī

57

فَإِمَّا فِى بِهِم مَّنْ لَعَلَّهُمْ ﴿٥٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So if you, [O Muhammad], gain dominance over them in war, disperse by [means of] them those behind them that perhaps they will be reminded.

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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: ش-ر-د — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 15 points across 7 rule families

  • Ghunnah3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Light rāʾ2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 43 letters · āyah 57 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.

  • Quran 37:173 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ

    And [that] indeed, Our soldiers will be those who overcome.

  • Quran 4:89 · An-Nisaaclose

    وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ كَمَا كَفَرُوا۟ فَتَكُونُونَ سَوَآءً فَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ حَتَّىٰ يُهَاجِرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

    They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away…

  • Quran 14:14 · Ibrahimclose

    وَلَنُسْكِنَنَّكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامِى وَخَافَ وَعِيدِ

    And We will surely cause you to dwell in the land after them. That is for he who fears My position and fears My threat."

  • Quran 9:14 · At-Tawbaclose

    قَٰتِلُوهُمْ يُعَذِّبْهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ وَيُخْزِهِمْ وَيَنصُرْكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيَشْفِ صُدُورَ قَوْمٍ مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    Fight them; Allah will punish them by your hands and will disgrace them and give you victory over them and satisfy the breasts of a believing people

  • Quran 37:1 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفًّا

    By those [angels] lined up in rows

  • Quran 9:47 · At-Tawbaclose

    لَوْ خَرَجُوا۟ فِيكُم مَّا زَادُوكُمْ إِلَّا خَبَالًا وَلَأَوْضَعُوا۟ خِلَٰلَكُمْ يَبْغُونَكُمُ ٱلْفِتْنَةَ وَفِيكُمْ سَمَّٰعُونَ لَهُمْ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    Had they gone forth with you, they would not have increased you except in confusion, and they would have been active among you, seeking [to cause] you fitnah. And among you are…

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-Maaida 5:332 shared roots

    إِنَّمَا جَزَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا أَن يُقَتَّلُوٓا۟ أَوْ يُصَلَّبُوٓا۟ أَوْ تُقَطَّعَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍ أَوْ يُنفَوْا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ ذَٰلِكَ لَهُمْ خِزْىٌ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

    ح-ر-بخ-ل-ف

  • Al-Furqaan 25:622 shared roots

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ خِلْفَةً لِّمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ أَوْ أَرَادَ شُكُورًا

    خ-ل-فذ-ك-ر

  • An-Nahl 16:132 shared roots

    وَمَا ذَرَأَ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَٰنُهُۥٓ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

    خ-ل-فذ-ك-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 8:57?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 8:57 include Quran 37:173 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 4:89 (Surah An-Nisaa), Quran 14:14 (Surah Ibrahim), and Quran 9:14 (Surah At-Tawba). For example, 37:173 reads: “And [that] indeed, Our soldiers will be those who overcome.” 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 8:57 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 8:57 (Surah Al-Anfaal, The Spoils of War) reads: “So if you, [O Muhammad], gain dominance over them in war, disperse by [means of] them those behind them that perhaps they will be reminded.”

Which surah is verse 8:57 in?

Quran 8:57 is āyah 57 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 8:57?

Tartīl presents Quran 8:57 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.