Surah Al-Muminoon · Ayah 64·Makkī

64

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ إِذَا هُمْ ﴿٦٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Until when We seize their affluent ones with punishment, at once they are crying [to Allah] for help.

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 8 words

Rarest here: ج-أ-ر 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 12 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd munfaṣil6
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī2
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 36 letters · āyah 64 of 118

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.

  • حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا ذَا عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ إِذَا هُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ

    Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair.

  • نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ نَضْطَرُّهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ

    We grant them enjoyment for a little; then We will force them to a massive punishment.

  • مَتَٰعٌ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ ثُمَّ نُذِيقُهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلشَّدِيدَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ

    [For them is brief] enjoyment in this world; then to Us is their return; then We will make them taste the severe punishment because they used to disbelieve

  • أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

    So for Our punishment are they impatient?

  • وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ فَمَا ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ

    And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]

  • ثُمَّ نُنَجِّى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّنَذَرُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ فِيهَا جِثِيًّا

    Then We will save those who feared Allah and leave the wrongdoers within it, on their knees.

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1582 shared roots

    فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

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  • An-Nahl 16:1132 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

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  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1562 shared roots

    وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

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  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1892 shared roots

    فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

    أ-خ-ذع-ذ-ب

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:482 shared roots

    وَمَا نُرِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ إِلَّا هِىَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا وَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

    أ-خ-ذع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:92 shared roots

    وَإِذَا عَلِمَ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِنَا شَيْـًٔا ٱتَّخَذَهَا هُزُوًا أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

    أ-خ-ذع-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 23:64?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 23:64 include Quran 23:77 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 31:24 (Surah Luqman), Quran 10:70 (Surah Yunus), and Quran 26:204 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 23:77 reads: “Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair.” 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 23:64 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 23:64 (Surah Al-Muminoon, The Believers) reads: “Until when We seize their affluent ones with punishment, at once they are crying [to Allah] for help.”

Which surah is verse 23:64 in?

Quran 23:64 is āyah 64 of Surah Al-Muminoon (The Believers), chapter 23 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 118 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 23:64?

Tartīl presents Quran 23:64 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.