Surah Ash-Sharh · Ayah 8·Makkī

8

وَإِلَىٰ ﴿٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And to your Lord direct [your] longing.

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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: ر-غ-ب — 8× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 3 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 12 letters · āyah 8 of 8

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 84:6 · Al-Inshiqaaqvery close

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ

    O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.

  • Quran 18:28 · Al-Kahfclose

    وَٱصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِ وَٱلْعَشِىِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُۥ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُۥ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُۥ فُرُطًا

    And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring…

  • Quran 15:99 · Al-Hijrclose

    وَٱعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ ٱلْيَقِينُ

    And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty (death).

  • Quran 92:21 · Al-Lailclose

    وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ

    And he is going to be satisfied.

  • Quran 55:28 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

  • Quran 17:19 · Al-Israaclose

    وَمَنْ أَرَادَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَسَعَىٰ لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُم مَّشْكُورًا

    But whoever desires the Hereafter and exerts the effort due to it while he is a believer - it is those whose effort is ever appreciated [by Allah].

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-Qalam 68:322 shared roots

    عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ

    ر-غ-بر-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 94:8?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 94:8 include Quran 84:6 (Surah Al-Inshiqaaq), Quran 18:28 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 15:99 (Surah Al-Hijr), and Quran 92:21 (Surah Al-Lail). For example, 84:6 reads: “O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.” 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 94:8 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 94:8 (Surah Ash-Sharh, The Consolation) reads: “And to your Lord direct [your] longing.”

Which surah is verse 94:8 in?

Quran 94:8 is āyah 8 of Surah Ash-Sharh (The Consolation), chapter 94 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 8 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 94:8?

Tartīl presents Quran 94:8 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.