Surah An-Naba · Ayah 25·Makkī

25

إِلَّا ﴿٢٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

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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 3 words

Rarest here: غ-س-ق — 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 5 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Ikhfāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 14 letters · āyah 25 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 38:57 · Saadvery close

    هَٰذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌ

    This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence.

  • Quran 88:6 · Al-Ghaashiyaclose

    لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

    For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

  • Quran 37:67 · As-Saaffaatclose

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ

    Then indeed, they will have after it a mixture of scalding water.

  • Quran 44:45 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ

    Like murky oil, it boils within bellies

  • Quran 38:56 · Saadclose

    جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا فَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ

    Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the resting place.

  • Quran 56:55 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ

    And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 78:25?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 78:25 include Quran 38:57 (Surah Saad), Quran 88:6 (Surah Al-Ghaashiya), Quran 37:67 (Surah As-Saaffaat), and Quran 44:45 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan). For example, 38:57 reads: “This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence.” 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 78:25 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 78:25 (Surah An-Naba, The Announcement) reads: “Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -”

Which surah is verse 78:25 in?

Quran 78:25 is āyah 25 of Surah An-Naba (The Announcement), chapter 78 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 40 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 78:25?

Tartīl presents Quran 78:25 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.