Surah Al-Fath · Ayah 12·Madanī

12

بَلْ أَن لَّن إِلَىٰٓ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ﴿١٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

But you thought that the Messenger and the believers would never return to their families, ever, and that was made pleasing in your hearts. And you assumed an assumption of evil and became a people ruined."

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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 · 11 roots in 14 of 20 words

Rarest here: ب-و-ر — 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 28 points across 6 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ9
  • Iẓhār shafawī5
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

20 words · 85 letters · āyah 12 of 29

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 36:19 · Yaseenvery close

    قَالُوا۟ طَٰٓئِرُكُم مَّعَكُمْ أَئِن ذُكِّرْتُم بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ

    They said, "Your omen is with yourselves. Is it because you were reminded? Rather, you are a transgressing people."

  • Quran 45:31 · Al-Jaathiyavery close

    وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَفَلَمْ تَكُنْ ءَايَٰتِى تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ وَكُنتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ

    But as for those who disbelieved, [it will be said], "Were not Our verses recited to you, but you were arrogant and became a people of criminals?

  • Quran 41:23 · Fussilatvery close

    وَذَٰلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى ظَنَنتُم بِرَبِّكُمْ أَرْدَىٰكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم مِّنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

    And that was your assumption which you assumed about your Lord. It has brought you to ruin, and you have become among the losers."

  • Quran 36:63 · Yaseenclose

    هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ

    This is the Hellfire which you were promised.

  • Quran 14:13 · Ibrahimclose

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِرُسُلِهِمْ لَنُخْرِجَنَّكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِنَآ أَوْ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِى مِلَّتِنَا فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ لَنُهْلِكَنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    And those who disbelieved said to their messengers, "We will surely drive you out of our land, or you must return to our religion." So their Lord inspired to them, "We will surely…

  • Quran 8:5 · Al-Anfaalclose

    كَمَآ أَخْرَجَكَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَيْتِكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّ فَرِيقًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَكَٰرِهُونَ

    [It is] just as when your Lord brought you out of your home [for the battle of Badr] in truth, while indeed, a party among the believers were unwilling,

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.

  • Ibrahim 14:282 shared roots

    أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ بَدَّلُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ كُفْرًا وَأَحَلُّوا۟ قَوْمَهُمْ دَارَ ٱلْبَوَارِ

    ب-و-رق-و-م

  • Muhammad 47:143 shared roots

    أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ كَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُم

    ز-ي-نس-و-أك-و-ن

  • Al-Furqaan 25:183 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنۢبَغِى لَنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَٰكِن مَّتَّعْتَهُمْ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ نَسُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا بُورًا

    ب-و-رق-و-مك-و-ن

  • Al-Inshiqaaq 84:92 shared roots

    وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

    أ-ه-لق-ل-ب

  • Al-Kahf 18:352 shared roots

    وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهُۥ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ قَالَ مَآ أَظُنُّ أَن تَبِيدَ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَبَدًا

    أ-ب-دظ-ن-ن

  • Faatir 35:103 shared roots

    مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعِزَّةَ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْعِزَّةُ جَمِيعًا إِلَيْهِ يَصْعَدُ ٱلْكَلِمُ ٱلطَّيِّبُ وَٱلْعَمَلُ ٱلصَّٰلِحُ يَرْفَعُهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَمْكُرُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَكْرُ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُوَ يَبُورُ

    ب-و-رس-و-أك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 48:12?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 48:12 include Quran 36:19 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 45:31 (Surah Al-Jaathiya), Quran 41:23 (Surah Fussilat), and Quran 36:63 (Surah Yaseen). For example, 36:19 reads: “They said, "Your omen is with yourselves. Is it because you were reminded? Rather, you are a transgressing people."” 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 48:12 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 48:12 (Surah Al-Fath, The Victory) reads: “But you thought that the Messenger and the believers would never return to their families, ever, and that was made pleasing in your hearts. And you assumed an assumption of evil and became a people ruined."”

Which surah is verse 48:12 in?

Quran 48:12 is āyah 12 of Surah Al-Fath (The Victory), chapter 48 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 29 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 48:12?

Tartīl presents Quran 48:12 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.