Surah Al-Hijr · Ayah 13·Makkī

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لَا بِهِۦ وَقَدْ ﴿١٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 7 words

Recitation · 6 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 26 letters · āyah 13 of 99

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 36:7 · Yaseenclose

    لَقَدْ حَقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَىٰٓ أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    Already the word has come into effect upon most of them, so they do not believe.

  • Quran 26:138 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

    And we are not to be punished."

  • Quran 36:31 · Yaseenclose

    أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

    Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them will not return?

  • Quran 8:38 · Al-Anfaalclose

    قُل لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِن يَنتَهُوا۟ يُغْفَرْ لَهُم مَّا قَدْ سَلَفَ وَإِن يَعُودُوا۟ فَقَدْ مَضَتْ سُنَّتُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    Say to those who have disbelieved [that] if they cease, what has previously occurred will be forgiven for them. But if they return [to hostility] - then the precedent of the…

  • Quran 37:170 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَكَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

    But they disbelieved in it, so they are going to know.

  • Quran 34:53 · Sabaclose

    وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ مِن قَبْلُ وَيَقْذِفُونَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ مِن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

    And they had already disbelieved in it before and would assault the unseen from a place far away.

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-Fath 48:232 shared roots

    سُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ ٱللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا

    س-ن-نخ-ل-و

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:622 shared roots

    سُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ فِى ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ ٱللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا

    س-ن-نخ-ل-و

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:853 shared roots

    فَلَمْ يَكُ يَنفَعُهُمْ إِيمَٰنُهُمْ لَمَّا رَأَوْا۟ بَأْسَنَا سُنَّتَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى قَدْ خَلَتْ فِى عِبَادِهِۦ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

    س-ن-نخ-ل-وأ-م-ن

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1372 shared roots

    قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ سُنَنٌ فَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    س-ن-نخ-ل-و

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:382 shared roots

    مَّا كَانَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّ مِنْ حَرَجٍ فِيمَا فَرَضَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُۥ سُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ فِى ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ قَدَرًا مَّقْدُورًا

    س-ن-نخ-ل-و

  • Al-Kahf 18:553 shared roots

    وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ قُبُلًا

    س-ن-نأ-و-لأ-م-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 15:13?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 15:13 include Quran 36:7 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 26:138 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 36:31 (Surah Yaseen), and Quran 8:38 (Surah Al-Anfaal). For example, 36:7 reads: “Already the word has come into effect upon most of them, so they do not believe.” 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 15:13 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 15:13 (Surah Al-Hijr, The Rock) reads: “They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.”

Which surah is verse 15:13 in?

Quran 15:13 is āyah 13 of Surah Al-Hijr (The Rock), chapter 15 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 99 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 15:13?

Tartīl presents Quran 15:13 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.