Surah Al-Muddaththir · Ayah 45·Makkī

45

مَعَ ﴿٤٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

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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 · 2 roots in 3 of 4 words

Recitation · 5 points across 3 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 18 letters · āyah 45 of 56

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 77:16 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    Did We not destroy the former peoples?

  • Quran 77:19 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

  • Quran 7:5 · Al-A'raafclose

    فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"

  • Quran 39:50 · Az-Zumarclose

    قَدْ قَالَهَا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

    Those before them had already said it, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.

  • Quran 44:28 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ

    Thus. And We caused to inherit it another people.

  • Quran 78:29 · An-Nabaclose

    وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا

    But all things We have enumerated in writing.

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.

  • At-Tawba 9:652 shared roots

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلْعَبُ قُلْ أَبِٱللَّهِ وَءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَرَسُولِهِۦ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

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  • At-Tawba 9:692 shared roots

    كَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ أَشَدَّ مِنكُمْ قُوَّةً وَأَكْثَرَ أَمْوَٰلًا وَأَوْلَٰدًا فَٱسْتَمْتَعُوا۟ بِخَلَٰقِهِمْ فَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِخَلَٰقِكُمْ كَمَا ٱسْتَمْتَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُم بِخَلَٰقِهِمْ وَخُضْتُمْ كَٱلَّذِى خَاضُوٓا۟ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ

    خ-و-ضك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 74:45?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 74:45 include Quran 77:16 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), Quran 77:19 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), Quran 7:5 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 39:50 (Surah Az-Zumar). For example, 77:16 reads: “Did We not destroy the former peoples?” 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 74:45 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 74:45 (Surah Al-Muddaththir, The Cloaked One) reads: “And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],”

Which surah is verse 74:45 in?

Quran 74:45 is āyah 45 of Surah Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One), chapter 74 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 56 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 74:45?

Tartīl presents Quran 74:45 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.