Surah Taa-Haa · Ayah 108·Makkī

108

لَا لَهُۥ فَلَا إِلَّا ﴿١٠٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

That Day, everyone will follow [the call of] the Caller [with] no deviation therefrom, and [all] voices will be stilled before the Most Merciful, so you will not hear except a whisper [of footsteps].

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

منظور از دعوت کننده

در قرآن مشخص نشده که آن دعوت کنندةٌ المی» «اسرافیل» است یا شخص دیگر؛ ولی هرکس باشدء فرمانش چنان نافذ است که هیچ کس قدرت تخلف از آن را ندارد.٩

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 13 words

Rarest here: ه-م-س used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 13 points across 5 rule families

  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

13 words · 56 letters · āyah 108 of 135

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.

  • يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا

    The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.

  • وَأَنذِرِ ٱلنَّاسَ يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ فَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَخِّرْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ نُّجِبْ دَعْوَتَكَ وَنَتَّبِعِ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَوَلَمْ تَكُونُوٓا۟ أَقْسَمْتُم مِّن قَبْلُ مَا لَكُم مِّن زَوَالٍ

    And, [O Muhammad], warn the people of a Day when the punishment will come to them and those who did wrong will say, "Our Lord, delay us for a short term; we will answer Your call…

  • جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا

    [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,

  • وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَمْ يَخِرُّوا۟ عَلَيْهَا صُمًّا وَعُمْيَانًا

    And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind.

  • تَنزِيلَ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

    [This is] a revelation of the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

  • يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا عَشْرًا

    They will murmur among themselves, "You remained not but ten [days in the world]."

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-Ghaashiya 88:22 shared roots

    وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

    خ-ش-عي-و-م

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:722 shared roots

    قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ

    س-م-عد-ع-و

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:62 shared roots

    رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    س-م-عر-ح-م

  • Al-Qalam 68:432 shared roots

    خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ

    خ-ش-عد-ع-و

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:442 shared roots

    خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

    خ-ش-عي-و-م

  • Maryam 19:912 shared roots

    أَن دَعَوْا۟ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَلَدًا

    د-ع-ور-ح-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 20:108?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 20:108 include Quran 78:38 (Surah An-Naba), Quran 14:44 (Surah Ibrahim), Quran 78:36 (Surah An-Naba), and Quran 25:73 (Surah Al-Furqaan). For example, 78:38 reads: “The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.” 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 20:108 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 20:108 (Surah Taa-Haa, Taa-Haa) reads: “That Day, everyone will follow [the call of] the Caller [with] no deviation therefrom, and [all] voices will be stilled before the Most Merciful, so you will not hear except a whisper [of footsteps].”

Which surah is verse 20:108 in?

Quran 20:108 is āyah 108 of Surah Taa-Haa (Taa-Haa), chapter 20 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 135 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 20:108?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 20:108 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 20:108?

Tartīl presents Quran 20:108 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.