Surah Al-Qiyaama · Ayah 20·Makkī

20

كَلَّا بَلْ ﴿٢٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

No! But you love the immediate

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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 2 of 4 words

Recitation · 4 points across 2 rule families

  • 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 · 17 letters · āyah 20 of 40

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 40:39 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    يَٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا مَتَٰعٌ وَإِنَّ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ هِىَ دَارُ ٱلْقَرَارِ

    O my people, this worldly life is only [temporary] enjoyment, and indeed, the Hereafter - that is the home of [permanent] settlement.

  • Quran 20:72 · Taa-Haaclose

    قَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْثِرَكَ عَلَىٰ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنَا فَٱقْضِ مَآ أَنتَ قَاضٍ إِنَّمَا تَقْضِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَآ

    They said, "Never will we prefer you over what has come to us of clear proofs and [over] He who created us. So decree whatever you are to decree. You can only decree for this…

  • Quran 87:17 · Al-A'laaclose

    وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

    While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

  • Quran 6:94 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَلَقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا فُرَٰدَىٰ كَمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَتَرَكْتُم مَّا خَوَّلْنَٰكُمْ وَرَآءَ ظُهُورِكُمْ وَمَا نَرَىٰ مَعَكُمْ شُفَعَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ أَنَّهُمْ فِيكُمْ شُرَكَٰٓؤُا۟ لَقَد تَّقَطَّعَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنكُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ

    [It will be said to them], "And you have certainly come to Us alone as We created you the first time, and you have left whatever We bestowed upon you behind you. And We do not see…

  • Quran 27:4 · An-Namlclose

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ زَيَّنَّا لَهُمْ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ فَهُمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

    Indeed, for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, We have made pleasing to them their deeds, so they wander blindly.

  • Quran 77:23 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْقَٰدِرُونَ

    And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine.

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-Insaan 76:272 shared roots

    إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ يُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ وَيَذَرُونَ وَرَآءَهُمْ يَوْمًا ثَقِيلًا

    ع-ج-لح-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 75:20?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 75:20 include Quran 40:39 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), Quran 20:72 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 87:17 (Surah Al-A'laa), and Quran 6:94 (Surah Al-An'aam). For example, 40:39 reads: “O my people, this worldly life is only [temporary] enjoyment, and indeed, the Hereafter - that is the home of [permanent] settlement.” 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 75:20 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 75:20 (Surah Al-Qiyaama, The Resurrection) reads: “No! But you love the immediate”

Which surah is verse 75:20 in?

Quran 75:20 is āyah 20 of Surah Al-Qiyaama (The Resurrection), chapter 75 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 40 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 75:20?

Tartīl presents Quran 75:20 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.