Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 9·Madanī

9

وَٱلَّذِينَ وَمَا إِلَّآ وَمَا ﴿٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They [think to] deceive Allah and those who believe, but they deceive not except themselves and perceive [it] not.

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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 6 of 10 words

Rarest here: خ-د-ع — 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 14 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 49 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 9 of 286

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 4:50 · An-Nisaavery close

    ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِۦٓ إِثْمًا مُّبِينًا

    Look how they invent about Allah untruth, and sufficient is that as a manifest sin.

  • Quran 16:83 · An-Nahlvery close

    يَعْرِفُونَ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنكِرُونَهَا وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

    They recognize the favor of Allah; then they deny it. And most of them are disbelievers.

  • Quran 9:107 · At-Tawbavery close

    وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مَسْجِدًا ضِرَارًا وَكُفْرًا وَتَفْرِيقًۢا بَيْنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِرْصَادًا لِّمَنْ حَارَبَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَيَحْلِفُنَّ إِنْ أَرَدْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ وَٱللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ

    And [there are] those [hypocrites] who took for themselves a mosque for causing harm and disbelief and division among the believers and as a station for whoever had warred against…

  • Quran 63:2 · Al-Munaafiqoonvery close

    ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ أَيْمَٰنَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُمْ سَآءَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    They have taken their oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allah. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.

  • Quran 2:88 · Al-Baqaravery close

    وَقَالُوا۟ قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌۢ بَل لَّعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَقَلِيلًا مَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    And they said, "Our hearts are wrapped." But, [in fact], Allah has cursed them for their disbelief, so little is it that they believe.

  • Quran 52:42 · At-Turvery close

    أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ

    Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.

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-Anfaal 8:623 shared roots

    وَإِن يُرِيدُوٓا۟ أَن يَخْدَعُوكَ فَإِنَّ حَسْبَكَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَيَّدَكَ بِنَصْرِهِۦ وَبِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    خ-د-عأ-م-نأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Haaqqa 69:412 shared roots

    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

    ش-ع-رأ-م-ن

  • An-Nisaa 4:1422 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ يُخَٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَهُوَ خَٰدِعُهُمْ وَإِذَا قَامُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ قَامُوا۟ كُسَالَىٰ يُرَآءُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَلَا يَذْكُرُونَ ٱللَّهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

    خ-د-عأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Hajj 22:322 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ وَمَن يُعَظِّمْ شَعَٰٓئِرَ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّهَا مِن تَقْوَى ٱلْقُلُوبِ

    ش-ع-رأ-ل-ه

  • As-Saaffaat 37:362 shared roots

    وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُونٍۭ

    ش-ع-رأ-ل-ه

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:692 shared roots

    وَدَّت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَوْ يُضِلُّونَكُمْ وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    ش-ع-رن-ف-س

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:9?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:9 include Quran 4:50 (Surah An-Nisaa), Quran 16:83 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 9:107 (Surah At-Tawba), and Quran 63:2 (Surah Al-Munaafiqoon). For example, 4:50 reads: “Look how they invent about Allah untruth, and sufficient is that as a manifest sin.” 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 2:9 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:9 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “They [think to] deceive Allah and those who believe, but they deceive not except themselves and perceive [it] not.”

Which surah is verse 2:9 in?

Quran 2:9 is āyah 9 of Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow), chapter 2 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 286 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 2:9?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:9 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.