Surah At-Takwir · Ayah 25·Makkī

25

وَمَا هُوَ ﴿٢٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 5 words

Recitation · 5 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 17 letters · āyah 25 of 29

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 96:12 · Al-Alaqvery close

    أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ

    Or enjoins righteousness?

  • Quran 25:8 · Al-Furqaanclose

    أَوْ يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا

    Or [why is not] a treasure presented to him [from heaven], or does he [not] have a garden from which he eats?" And the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."

  • Quran 47:14 · Muhammadclose

    أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ كَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُم

    So is he who is on clear evidence from his Lord like him to whom the evil of his work has been made attractive and they follow their [own] desires?

  • Quran 26:220 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

  • Quran 37:163 · As-Saaffaatclose

    إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    Except he who is to [enter and] burn in the Hellfire.

  • Quran 68:2 · Al-Qalamclose

    مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ

    You are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.

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-Hijr 15:172 shared roots

    وَحَفِظْنَٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

    ر-ج-مش-ط-ن

  • Saad 38:772 shared roots

    قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

    ر-ج-مق-و-ل

  • Al-Hijr 15:342 shared roots

    قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

    ر-ج-مق-و-ل

  • An-Nahl 16:982 shared roots

    فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ فَٱسْتَعِذْ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ

    ر-ج-مش-ط-ن

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1162 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ

    ر-ج-مق-و-ل

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:363 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَضَعْتُهَآ أُنثَىٰ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا وَضَعَتْ وَلَيْسَ ٱلذَّكَرُ كَٱلْأُنثَىٰ وَإِنِّى سَمَّيْتُهَا مَرْيَمَ وَإِنِّىٓ أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ

    ر-ج-مش-ط-نق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 81:25?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 81:25 include Quran 96:12 (Surah Al-Alaq), Quran 25:8 (Surah Al-Furqaan), Quran 47:14 (Surah Muhammad), and Quran 26:220 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 96:12 reads: “Or enjoins righteousness?” 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 81:25 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 81:25 (Surah At-Takwir, The Overthrowing) reads: “And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].”

Which surah is verse 81:25 in?

Quran 81:25 is āyah 25 of Surah At-Takwir (The Overthrowing), chapter 81 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 29 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 81:25?

Tartīl presents Quran 81:25 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.