Surah Al-Hijr · Ayah 58·Makkī

58

إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ ﴿٥٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals,

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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 6 words

Recitation · 9 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Ghunnah2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 26 letters · āyah 58 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 51:32 · Adh-Dhaariyatvery close

    قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ

    They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals

  • Quran 51:31 · Adh-Dhaariyatvery close

    قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

    [Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

  • Quran 29:30 · Al-Ankabootclose

    قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

    He said, "My Lord, support me against the corrupting people."

  • Quran 36:17 · Yaseenclose

    وَمَا عَلَيْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

    And we are not responsible except for clear notification."

  • Quran 28:65 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَآ أَجَبْتُمُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    And [mention] the Day He will call them and say, "What did you answer the messengers?"

  • Quran 40:78 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِّن قَبْلِكَ مِنْهُم مَّن قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن لَّمْ نَقْصُصْ عَلَيْكَ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ قُضِىَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

    And We have already sent messengers before you. Among them are those [whose stories] We have related to you, and among them are those [whose stories] We have not related to you…

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.

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:324 shared roots

    قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ

    ج-ر-مر-س-لق-و-مق-و-ل

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:222 shared roots

    فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ

    ج-ر-مق-و-م

  • Saba 34:252 shared roots

    قُل لَّا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّآ أَجْرَمْنَا وَلَا نُسْـَٔلُ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

    ج-ر-مق-و-ل

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:372 shared roots

    أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ

    ج-ر-مق-و-م

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:312 shared roots

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

    ج-ر-مق-و-م

  • Ar-Room 30:473 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ رُسُلًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِمْ فَجَآءُوهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ وَكَانَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نَصْرُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    ج-ر-مر-س-لق-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 15:58?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 15:58 include Quran 51:32 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), Quran 51:31 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), Quran 29:30 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), and Quran 36:17 (Surah Yaseen). For example, 51:32 reads: “They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals” 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 15:58 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 15:58 (Surah Al-Hijr, The Rock) reads: “They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals,”

Which surah is verse 15:58 in?

Quran 15:58 is āyah 58 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 15:58?

Tartīl presents Quran 15:58 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.