Surah Al-Burooj · Ayah 8·Makkī

8

وَمَا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن ﴿٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

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Tafsīr

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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 9 words

Recitation · 12 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iẓhār2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Light Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 40 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 8 of 22

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.

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    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

    Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allah," were arrogant

  • Quran 9:74 · At-Tawbavery close

    يَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ مَا قَالُوا۟ وَلَقَدْ قَالُوا۟ كَلِمَةَ ٱلْكُفْرِ وَكَفَرُوا۟ بَعْدَ إِسْلَٰمِهِمْ وَهَمُّوا۟ بِمَا لَمْ يَنَالُوا۟ وَمَا نَقَمُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ أَنْ أَغْنَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ فَإِن يَتُوبُوا۟ يَكُ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ وَإِن يَتَوَلَّوْا۟ يُعَذِّبْهُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

    They swear by Allah that they did not say [anything against the Prophet] while they had said the word of disbelief and disbelieved after their [pretense of] Islam and planned that…

  • Quran 11:101 · Hudvery close

    وَمَا ظَلَمْنَٰهُمْ وَلَٰكِن ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَمَآ أَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ ءَالِهَتُهُمُ ٱلَّتِى يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ لَّمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ وَمَا زَادُوهُمْ غَيْرَ تَتْبِيبٍ

    And We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. And they were not availed at all by their gods which they invoked other than Allah when there came the command of your…

  • Quran 59:4 · Al-Hashrvery close

    ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ شَآقُّوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَمَن يُشَآقِّ ٱللَّهَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ

    That is because they opposed Allah and His Messenger. And whoever opposes Allah - then indeed, Allah is severe in penalty.

  • Quran 2:103 · Al-Baqaraclose

    وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَمَثُوبَةٌ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

    And if they had believed and feared Allah, then the reward from Allah would have been [far] better, if they only knew.

  • Quran 72:7 · Al-Jinnclose

    وَأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا۟ كَمَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَن لَّن يَبْعَثَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدًا

    And they had thought, as you thought, that Allah would never send anyone [as a messenger].

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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.

  • Az-Zumar 39:373 shared roots

    وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن مُّضِلٍّ أَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِعَزِيزٍ ذِى ٱنتِقَامٍ

    ن-ق-مع-ز-زأ-ل-ه

  • Ibrahim 14:473 shared roots

    فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِفَ وَعْدِهِۦ رُسُلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ ذُو ٱنتِقَامٍ

    ن-ق-مع-ز-زأ-ل-ه

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:43 shared roots

    مِن قَبْلُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَنزَلَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ ذُو ٱنتِقَامٍ

    ن-ق-مع-ز-زأ-ل-ه

  • Faatir 35:172 shared roots

    وَمَا ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٍ

    ع-ز-زأ-ل-ه

  • Ibrahim 14:202 shared roots

    وَمَا ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٍ

    ع-ز-زأ-ل-ه

  • As-Saaffaat 37:1822 shared roots

    وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ح-م-دأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 85:8?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 85:8 include Quran 37:35 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 9:74 (Surah At-Tawba), Quran 11:101 (Surah Hud), and Quran 59:4 (Surah Al-Hashr). For example, 37:35 reads: “Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allah," were arrogant” 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 85:8 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 85:8 (Surah Al-Burooj, The Constellations) reads: “And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,”

Which surah is verse 85:8 in?

Quran 85:8 is āyah 8 of Surah Al-Burooj (The Constellations), chapter 85 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 22 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 85:8?

Tartīl presents Quran 85:8 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.