Surah Saad · Ayah 8·Makkī

8

عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَلْ هُمْ فِى مِّن بَل لَّمَّا ﴿٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Has the message been revealed to him out of [all of] us?" Rather, they are in doubt about My message. Rather, they have not yet tasted My punishment.

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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 · 6 roots in 7 of 15 words

Recitation · 17 points across 6 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ4
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Ghunnah2

Commentary

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

Shape

15 words · 50 letters · āyah 8 of 88

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 16:43 · An-Nahlclose

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِمْ فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟ أَهْلَ ٱلذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message if you do not know.

  • Quran 7:183 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ

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

  • Quran 7:53 · Al-A'raafclose

    هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأْوِيلَهُۥ يَوْمَ يَأْتِى تَأْوِيلُهُۥ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ فَهَل لَّنَا مِن شُفَعَآءَ فَيَشْفَعُوا۟ لَنَآ أَوْ نُرَدُّ فَنَعْمَلَ غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ قَدْ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

    Do they await except its result? The Day its result comes those who had ignored it before will say, "The messengers of our Lord had come with the truth, so are there [now] any…

  • Quran 15:63 · Al-Hijrclose

    قَالُوا۟ بَلْ جِئْنَٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ

    They said, "But we have come to you with that about which they were disputing,

  • Quran 30:35 · Ar-Roomclose

    أَمْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنًا فَهُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يُشْرِكُونَ

    Or have We sent down to them an authority, and it speaks of what they were associating with Him?

  • Quran 27:84 · An-Namlclose

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُو قَالَ أَكَذَّبْتُم بِـَٔايَٰتِى وَلَمْ تُحِيطُوا۟ بِهَا عِلْمًا أَمَّاذَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    Until, when they arrive [at the place of Judgement], He will say, "Did you deny My signs while you encompassed them not in knowledge, or what [was it that] you were doing?"

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-Qamar 54:392 shared roots

    فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

    ذ-و-قع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Anfaal 8:142 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكُمْ فَذُوقُوهُ وَأَنَّ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ

    ذ-و-قع-ذ-ب

  • As-Saaffaat 37:382 shared roots

    إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ

    ذ-و-قع-ذ-ب

  • An-Naba 78:302 shared roots

    فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

    ذ-و-قع-ذ-ب

  • Yunus 10:942 shared roots

    فَإِن كُنتَ فِى شَكٍّ مِّمَّآ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ فَسْـَٔلِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقْرَءُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبْلِكَ لَقَدْ جَآءَكَ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُمْتَرِينَ

    ش-ك-كن-ز-ل

  • Fussilat 41:452 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ فَٱخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍ

    ش-ك-كب-ي-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 38:8?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 38:8 include Quran 16:43 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 7:183 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 7:53 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 15:63 (Surah Al-Hijr). For example, 16:43 reads: “And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message if you do not know.” 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 38:8 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 38:8 (Surah Saad, The letter Saad) reads: “Has the message been revealed to him out of [all of] us?" Rather, they are in doubt about My message. Rather, they have not yet tasted My punishment.”

Which surah is verse 38:8 in?

Quran 38:8 is āyah 8 of Surah Saad (The letter Saad), chapter 38 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 88 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 38:8?

Tartīl presents Quran 38:8 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.