Surah Al-Hijr · Ayah 54·Makkī

54

عَلَىٰٓ أَن فَبِمَ ﴿٥٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform?"

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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 5 of 8 words

Recitation · 10 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 35 letters · āyah 54 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 74:15 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ

    Then he desires that I should add more.

  • Quran 80:11 · Abasaclose

    كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

    No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

  • Quran 18:75 · Al-Kahfclose

    قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا

    [Al-Khidh r] said, "Did I not tell you that with me you would never be able to have patience?"

  • Quran 83:13 · Al-Mutaffifinclose

    إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

  • Quran 17:52 · Al-Israaclose

    يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

    On the Day He will call you and you will respond with praise of Him and think that you had not remained [in the world] except for a little."

  • Quran 12:96 · Yusufclose

    فَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَ ٱلْبَشِيرُ أَلْقَىٰهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦ فَٱرْتَدَّ بَصِيرًا قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    And when the bearer of good tidings arrived, he cast it over his face, and he returned [once again] seeing. He said, "Did I not tell you that I know from Allah that which you do…

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-Muddaththir 74:252 shared roots

    إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

    ب-ش-رق-و-ل

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:472 shared roots

    وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِأَنَّ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ فَضْلًا كَبِيرًا

    ب-ش-رك-ب-ر

  • Maryam 19:203 shared roots

    قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا

    م-س-سب-ش-رق-و-ل

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:473 shared roots

    قَالَتْ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ ٱللَّهُ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    م-س-سب-ش-رق-و-ل

  • As-Saaffaat 37:352 shared roots

    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

    ك-ب-رق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:762 shared roots

    قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

    ك-ب-رق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 15:54?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 15:54 include Quran 74:15 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), Quran 80:11 (Surah Abasa), Quran 18:75 (Surah Al-Kahf), and Quran 83:13 (Surah Al-Mutaffifin). For example, 74:15 reads: “Then he desires that I should add more.” 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 15:54 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 15:54 (Surah Al-Hijr, The Rock) reads: “He said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform?"”

Which surah is verse 15:54 in?

Quran 15:54 is āyah 54 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 15:54?

Tartīl presents Quran 15:54 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.