Surah At-Tur · Ayah 40·Makkī

40

أَمْ فَهُم مِّن ﴿٤٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 7 words

Rarest here: غ-ر-م — 6× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 13 points across 6 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ghunnah3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 27 letters · āyah 40 of 49

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 68:45 · Al-Qalamclose

    وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ

    And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.

  • Quran 23:72 · Al-Muminoonclose

    أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ خَرْجًا فَخَرَاجُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ

    Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask them for payment? But the reward of your Lord is best, and He is the best of providers.

  • Quran 23:73 · Al-Muminoonclose

    وَإِنَّكَ لَتَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

    And indeed, you invite them to a straight path.

  • Quran 9:54 · At-Tawbaclose

    وَمَا مَنَعَهُمْ أَن تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ نَفَقَٰتُهُمْ إِلَّآ أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِۦ وَلَا يَأْتُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كُسَالَىٰ وَلَا يُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كَٰرِهُونَ

    And what prevents their expenditures from being accepted from them but that they have disbelieved in Allah and in His Messenger and that they come not to prayer except while they…

  • Quran 2:215 · Al-Baqaraclose

    يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ قُلْ مَآ أَنفَقْتُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ فَلِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٌ

    They ask you, [O Muhammad], what they should spend. Say, "Whatever you spend of good is [to be] for parents and relatives and orphans and the needy and the traveler. And whatever…

  • Quran 12:104 · Yusufclose

    وَمَا تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And you do not ask of them for it any payment. It is not except a reminder to the worlds.

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 68:464 shared roots

    أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

    غ-ر-مث-ق-لأ-ج-رس-أ-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1802 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    أ-ج-رس-أ-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1642 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    أ-ج-رس-أ-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1452 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    أ-ج-رس-أ-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1272 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    أ-ج-رس-أ-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1092 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    أ-ج-رس-أ-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 52:40?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 52:40 include Quran 68:45 (Surah Al-Qalam), Quran 23:72 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 23:73 (Surah Al-Muminoon), and Quran 9:54 (Surah At-Tawba). For example, 68:45 reads: “And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.” 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 52:40 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 52:40 (Surah At-Tur, The Mount) reads: “Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?”

Which surah is verse 52:40 in?

Quran 52:40 is āyah 40 of Surah At-Tur (The Mount), chapter 52 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 49 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 52:40?

Tartīl presents Quran 52:40 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.