Surah Az-Zumar · Ayah 45·Makkī

45

وَإِذَا ٱلَّذِينَ لَا وَإِذَا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن إِذَا هُمْ ﴿٤٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when Allah is mentioned alone, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter shrink with aversion, but when those [worshipped] other than Him are mentioned, immediately they rejoice.

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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 10 of 18 words

Rarest here: ش-م-ز — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 21 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī11
  • Heavy rāʾ4
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

18 words · 77 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 45 of 75

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 16:60 · An-Nahlclose

    لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مَثَلُ ٱلسَّوْءِ وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَثَلُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    For those who do not believe in the Hereafter is the description of evil; and for Allah is the highest attribute. And He is Exalted in Might, the Wise.

  • Quran 37:160 · As-Saaffaatclose

    إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

    Except the chosen servants of Allah [who do not share in that sin].

  • Quran 28:70 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَهُوَ ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ فِى ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَلَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    And He is Allah; there is no deity except Him. To Him is [due all] praise in the first [life] and the Hereafter. And His is the [final] decision, and to Him you will be returned.

  • Quran 16:22 · An-Nahlclose

    إِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ فَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مُّنكِرَةٌ وَهُم مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ

    Your god is one God. But those who do not believe in the Hereafter - their hearts are disapproving, and they are arrogant.

  • Quran 53:59 · An-Najmclose

    أَفَمِنْ هَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ

    Then at this statement do you wonder?

  • Quran 40:56 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَٰنٍ أَتَىٰهُمْ إِن فِى صُدُورِهِمْ إِلَّا كِبْرٌ مَّا هُم بِبَٰلِغِيهِ فَٱسْتَعِذْ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ

    Indeed, those who dispute concerning the signs of Allah without [any] authority having come to them - there is not within their breasts except pride, [the extent of] which they…

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.

  • An-Nahl 16:225 shared roots

    إِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ فَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مُّنكِرَةٌ وَهُم مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ

    و-ح-دق-ل-بأ-خ-رأ-م-نأ-ل-ه

  • As-Saaffaat 37:42 shared roots

    إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌ

    و-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Baqara 2:1632 shared roots

    وَإِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    و-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • An-Naml 27:22 shared roots

    هُدًى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    ب-ش-رأ-م-ن

  • Fussilat 41:63 shared roots

    قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ فَٱسْتَقِيمُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُ وَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُشْرِكِينَ

    و-ح-دب-ش-رأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Qamar 54:242 shared roots

    فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

    و-ح-دب-ش-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 39:45?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 39:45 include Quran 16:60 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 37:160 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 28:70 (Surah Al-Qasas), and Quran 16:22 (Surah An-Nahl). For example, 16:60 reads: “For those who do not believe in the Hereafter is the description of evil; and for Allah is the highest attribute. And He is Exalted in Might, the Wise.” 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 39:45 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 39:45 (Surah Az-Zumar, The Groups) reads: “And when Allah is mentioned alone, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter shrink with aversion, but when those [worshipped] other than Him are mentioned, immediately they rejoice.”

Which surah is verse 39:45 in?

Quran 39:45 is āyah 45 of Surah Az-Zumar (The Groups), chapter 39 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 75 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 39:45?

Tartīl presents Quran 39:45 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.