Surah Al-Furqaan · Ayah 34·Makkī

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ٱلَّذِينَ عَلَىٰ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ﴿٣٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

The ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.

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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 6 of 11 words

Recitation · 16 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Ghunnah2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 48 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 34 of 77

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.

  • وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    And for those who disbelieved in their Lord is the punishment of Hell, and wretched is the destination.

  • أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَ

    Those are the ones for whom there will be the worst of punishment, and in the Hereafter they are the greatest losers.

  • لَهُم مِّن جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٌ وَمِن فَوْقِهِمْ غَوَاشٍ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    They will have from Hell a bed and over them coverings [of fire]. And thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

  • مِّن وَرَآئِهِمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُم مَّا كَسَبُوا۟ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا مَا ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

    Before them is Hell, and what they had earned will not avail them at all nor what they had taken besides Allah as allies. And they will have a great punishment.

  • وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ

    And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

  • هَٰذَا وَإِنَّ لِلطَّٰغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَـَٔابٍ

    This [is so]. But indeed, for the transgressors is an evil place of return -

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-Furqaan 25:173 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمْ أَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَادِى هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا۟ ٱلسَّبِيلَ

    ح-ش-رس-ب-لض-ل-ل

  • Al-Furqaan 25:173 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمْ أَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَادِى هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا۟ ٱلسَّبِيلَ

    ح-ش-رس-ب-لض-ل-ل

  • Al-Qalam 68:72 shared roots

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

    س-ب-لض-ل-ل

  • Al-An'aam 6:1172 shared roots

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مَن يَضِلُّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

    س-ب-لض-ل-ل

  • Al-Israa 17:723 shared roots

    وَمَن كَانَ فِى هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَعْمَىٰ فَهُوَ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَعْمَىٰ وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

    س-ب-لض-ل-لك-و-ن

  • Ash-Shura 42:463 shared roots

    وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ يَنصُرُونَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن سَبِيلٍ

    س-ب-لض-ل-لك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 25:34?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 25:34 include Quran 67:6 (Surah Al-Mulk), Quran 27:5 (Surah An-Naml), Quran 7:41 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 45:10 (Surah Al-Jaathiya). For example, 67:6 reads: “And for those who disbelieved in their Lord is the punishment of Hell, and wretched is the destination.” 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 25:34 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 25:34 (Surah Al-Furqaan, The Criterion) reads: “The ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.”

Which surah is verse 25:34 in?

Quran 25:34 is āyah 34 of Surah Al-Furqaan (The Criterion), chapter 25 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 77 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 25:34?

Tartīl presents Quran 25:34 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.