Surah Al-Ghaashiya · Ayah 4·Makkī

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Translation

Saheeh International

They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 3 words

Rarest here: ح-م-ي — 6× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 5 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 13 letters · āyah 4 of 26

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 22:21 · Al-Hajjclose

    وَلَهُم مَّقَٰمِعُ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ

    And for [striking] them are maces of iron.

  • Quran 56:43 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    وَظِلٍّ مِّن يَحْمُومٍ

    And a shade of black smoke,

  • Quran 44:46 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

    Like the boiling of scalding water.

  • Quran 85:5 · Al-Buroojclose

    ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ

    [Containing] the fire full of fuel,

  • Quran 55:44 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ

    They will go around between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].

  • Quran 100:1 · Al-Aadiyaatclose

    وَٱلْعَٰدِيَٰتِ ضَبْحًا

    By the racers, panting,

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-Qaari'a 101:112 shared roots

    نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ

    ح-م-ين-و-ر

  • Al-A'laa 87:122 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    ص-ل-ين-و-ر

  • Al-Masad 111:32 shared roots

    سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ

    ص-ل-ين-و-ر

  • An-Nisaa 4:302 shared roots

    وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ عُدْوَٰنًا وَظُلْمًا فَسَوْفَ نُصْلِيهِ نَارًا وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرًا

    ص-ل-ين-و-ر

  • At-Tawba 9:352 shared roots

    يَوْمَ يُحْمَىٰ عَلَيْهَا فِى نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ فَتُكْوَىٰ بِهَا جِبَاهُهُمْ وَجُنُوبُهُمْ وَظُهُورُهُمْ هَٰذَا مَا كَنَزْتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَكْنِزُونَ

    ح-م-ين-و-ر

  • An-Nisaa 4:102 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَٰلَ ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ ظُلْمًا إِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُونَ فِى بُطُونِهِمْ نَارًا وَسَيَصْلَوْنَ سَعِيرًا

    ص-ل-ين-و-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 88:4?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 88:4 include Quran 22:21 (Surah Al-Hajj), Quran 56:43 (Surah Al-Waaqia), Quran 44:46 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), and Quran 85:5 (Surah Al-Burooj). For example, 22:21 reads: “And for [striking] them are maces of iron.” 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 88:4 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 88:4 (Surah Al-Ghaashiya, The Overwhelming) reads: “They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.”

Which surah is verse 88:4 in?

Quran 88:4 is āyah 4 of Surah Al-Ghaashiya (The Overwhelming), chapter 88 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 26 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 88:4?

Tartīl presents Quran 88:4 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.