Surah At-Tahrim · Ayah 9·Madanī

9

عَلَيْهِمْ جَهَنَّمُ ﴿٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.

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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 · 9 roots in 9 of 11 words

Recitation · 18 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd munfaṣil8
  • Lām shamsiyyah4
  • Ghunnah2
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī2

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 59 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 9 of 12

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 3:12 · Aal-i-Imraanvery close

    قُل لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ سَتُغْلَبُونَ وَتُحْشَرُونَ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ

    Say to those who disbelieve, "You will be overcome and gathered together to Hell, and wretched is the resting place."

  • Quran 29:54 · Al-Ankabootvery close

    يَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيطَةٌۢ بِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    They urge you to hasten the punishment. And indeed, Hell will be encompassing of the disbelievers

  • Quran 21:98 · Al-Anbiyaavery close

    إِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ أَنتُمْ لَهَا وَٰرِدُونَ

    Indeed, you [disbelievers] and what you worship other than Allah are the firewood of Hell. You will be coming to [enter] it.

  • Quran 9:123 · At-Tawbavery close

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَٰتِلُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يَلُونَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ وَلْيَجِدُوا۟ فِيكُمْ غِلْظَةً وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

    O you who have believed, fight those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness. And know that Allah is with the righteous.

  • Quran 9:68 · At-Tawbavery close

    وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتِ وَٱلْكُفَّارَ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا هِىَ حَسْبُهُمْ وَلَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

    Allah has promised the hypocrite men and hypocrite women and the disbelievers the fire of Hell, wherein they will abide eternally. It is sufficient for them. And Allah has cursed…

  • Quran 37:162 · As-Saaffaatclose

    مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَٰتِنِينَ

    You cannot tempt [anyone] away from Him

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 9:735 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ جَٰهِدِ ٱلْكُفَّارَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    غ-ل-ظص-ي-رأ-و-يج-ه-دب-أ-س

  • Al-Mulk 67:63 shared roots

    وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    ص-ي-رب-أ-سك-ف-ر

  • An-Noor 24:574 shared roots

    لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    ص-ي-رأ-و-يب-أ-سك-ف-ر

  • Al-Hadid 57:154 shared roots

    فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنكُمْ فِدْيَةٌ وَلَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مَأْوَىٰكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ هِىَ مَوْلَىٰكُمْ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    ص-ي-رأ-و-يب-أ-سك-ف-ر

  • At-Taghaabun 64:104 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    ص-ي-رب-أ-سك-ف-رأ-ي-ي

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1623 shared roots

    أَفَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ رِضْوَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَنۢ بَآءَ بِسَخَطٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَأْوَىٰهُ جَهَنَّمُ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    ص-ي-رأ-و-يب-أ-س

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 66:9?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 66:9 include Quran 3:12 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 29:54 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), Quran 21:98 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 9:123 (Surah At-Tawba). For example, 3:12 reads: “Say to those who disbelieve, "You will be overcome and gathered together to Hell, and wretched is the resting place."” 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 66:9 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 66:9 (Surah At-Tahrim, The Prohibition) reads: “O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.”

Which surah is verse 66:9 in?

Quran 66:9 is āyah 9 of Surah At-Tahrim (The Prohibition), chapter 66 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 12 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 66:9?

Tartīl presents Quran 66:9 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.