Surah Saba · Ayah 8·Makkī

8

عَلَى أَم بِهِۦ بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا فِى ﴿٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Has he invented about Allah a lie or is there in him madness?" Rather, they who do not believe in the Hereafter will be in the punishment and [are in] extreme error.

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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 16 words

Recitation · 22 points across 7 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Lām shamsiyyah5
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

16 words · 66 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 8 of 54

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 23:38 · Al-Muminoonvery close

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُۥ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

    He is not but a man who has invented a lie about Allah, and we will not believe him."

  • Quran 29:68 · Al-Ankabootvery close

    وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُۥٓ أَلَيْسَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    And who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allah or denies the truth when it has come to him? Is there not in Hell a [sufficient] residence for the disbelievers?

  • Quran 96:13 · Al-Alaqclose

    أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

    Have you seen if he denies and turns away -

  • Quran 42:24 · Ash-Shuraclose

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا فَإِن يَشَإِ ٱللَّهُ يَخْتِمْ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ وَيَمْحُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْبَٰطِلَ وَيُحِقُّ ٱلْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

    Or do they say, "He has invented about Allah a lie"? But if Allah willed, He could seal over your heart. And Allah eliminates falsehood and establishes the truth by His words…

  • Quran 10:60 · Yunusclose

    وَمَا ظَنُّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ

    And what will be the supposition of those who invent falsehood about Allah on the Day of Resurrection? Indeed, Allah is full of bounty to the people, but most of them are not…

  • Quran 40:28 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    وَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مُّؤْمِنٌ مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَكْتُمُ إِيمَٰنَهُۥٓ أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَن يَقُولَ رَبِّىَ ٱللَّهُ وَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ وَإِن يَكُ كَٰذِبًا فَعَلَيْهِ كَذِبُهُۥ وَإِن يَكُ صَادِقًا يُصِبْكُم بَعْضُ ٱلَّذِى يَعِدُكُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ كَذَّابٌ

    And a believing man from the family of Pharaoh who concealed his faith said, "Do you kill a man [merely] because he says, 'My Lord is Allah' while he has brought you clear proofs…

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.

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:944 shared roots

    فَمَنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    ف-ر-يب-ع-دك-ذ-بأ-ل-ه

  • An-Nahl 16:1054 shared roots

    إِنَّمَا يَفْتَرِى ٱلْكَذِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَٰذِبُونَ

    ف-ر-يك-ذ-بأ-م-نأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Muminoon 23:384 shared roots

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُۥ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

    ف-ر-يك-ذ-بأ-م-نأ-ل-ه

  • Al-An'aam 6:243 shared roots

    ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

    ف-ر-يض-ل-لك-ذ-ب

  • Al-Waaqia 56:922 shared roots

    وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

    ض-ل-لك-ذ-ب

  • Yunus 10:693 shared roots

    قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَ

    ف-ر-يك-ذ-بأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 34:8?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 34:8 include Quran 23:38 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 29:68 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), Quran 96:13 (Surah Al-Alaq), and Quran 42:24 (Surah Ash-Shura). For example, 23:38 reads: “He is not but a man who has invented a lie about Allah, and we will not believe him."” 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 34:8 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 34:8 (Surah Saba, Sheba) reads: “Has he invented about Allah a lie or is there in him madness?" Rather, they who do not believe in the Hereafter will be in the punishment and [are in] extreme error.”

Which surah is verse 34:8 in?

Quran 34:8 is āyah 8 of Surah Saba (Sheba), chapter 34 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 54 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 34:8?

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