Surah Al-Ghaafir · Ayah 49·Makkī

49

ٱلَّذِينَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ عَنَّا مِّنَ ﴿٤٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the 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 · 8 roots in 8 of 13 words

Recitation · 18 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Ghunnah4
  • Light rāʾ2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

13 words · 53 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 49 of 85

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 يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا

    The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],

  • وَإِنَّ ٱلْفُجَّارَ لَفِى جَحِيمٍ

    And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.

  • قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِى ٱلنَّارِ

    They will say, "Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us - increase for him double punishment in the Fire."

  • يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    Covering the people; this is a painful torment.

  • فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ شَقُوا۟ فَفِى ٱلنَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَشَهِيقٌ

    As for those who were [destined to be] wretched, they will be in the Fire. For them therein is [violent] exhaling and inhaling.

  • وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا

    And those who say, "Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell. Indeed, its punishment is ever adhering;

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.

  • Faatir 35:363 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يُقْضَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَمُوتُوا۟ وَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُم مِّنْ عَذَابِهَا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى كُلَّ كَفُورٍ

    خ-ف-فن-و-رع-ذ-ب

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:882 shared roots

    خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

    خ-ف-فع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Baqara 2:1622 shared roots

    خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

    خ-ف-فع-ذ-ب

  • An-Nahl 16:852 shared roots

    وَإِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

    خ-ف-فع-ذ-ب

  • At-Tur 52:372 shared roots

    أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ

    خ-ز-نر-ب-ب

  • Yusuf 12:552 shared roots

    قَالَ ٱجْعَلْنِى عَلَىٰ خَزَآئِنِ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِنِّى حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٌ

    خ-ز-نق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 40:49?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 40:49 include Quran 52:13 (Surah At-Tur), Quran 82:14 (Surah Al-Infitaar), Quran 38:61 (Surah Saad), and Quran 44:11 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan). For example, 52:13 reads: “The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],” 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 40:49 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 40:49 (Surah Al-Ghaafir, The Forgiver) reads: “And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment."”

Which surah is verse 40:49 in?

Quran 40:49 is āyah 49 of Surah Al-Ghaafir (The Forgiver), chapter 40 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 85 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 40:49?

Tartīl presents Quran 40:49 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.