Surah Al-Maaida · Ayah 109·Madanī

109

مَاذَآ لَا لَنَآ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ﴿١٠٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[Be warned of] the Day when Allah will assemble the messengers and say, "What was the response you received?" They will say, "We have no knowledge. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen"

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

ادب پیامبران در برابر خداوند

در ذیل این جمله از یه که از قول پیامبران می‌فرماید «ما چیزی نمی‌دانیم؛ تو خود از همه اسرار نهان آگاهی» این سوّال به ذهن می‌رسد که به فرمودةٌ قرآن» پیامبران در روز قیامت آورده خواهند شد و بر اعمال امت‌هایشان گواهی می‌دهند. این یعنی آنان از احوال امت‌هایشان باخبرند. در بسیاری از روایات نیز آمده است که پیامبر(ص) - به خواست خدا - از بسیاری از اخبار غیبی مطلع بود؛ پس چرا این آیه از قول پیامبران نقل می‌کند که در روز قیامت می‌گویند «ما چیزی نمی‌دانیم»؟ مفسران در پاسخ این سوّال, توجیهات فراوانی ذکر کرده‌اند. شاید بهترین پاسخ این باشد که این سخن پیامبران» کمال ادب ایشان را در برابر خداوند یکتا نشان می‌دهد. آنها در مقابل خدا می‌گویند: پروردگاراء علم تو ذاتی است و ما هر چه داریم» از تو داریم و علم ما در برابر علم تو چیزی نیست و ما در برابر تو چیزی نمی‌دانیم. تو خود بهتر می‌دانی که دعوت ما را چگونه پاسخ دادند.

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 10 of 15 words

Recitation · 17 points across 8 rule families

  • Qalqalah2
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

15 words · 58 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 109 of 120

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.

  • قَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱلْعِلْمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأُبَلِّغُكُم مَّآ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَلَٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًا تَجْهَلُونَ

    He said, "Knowledge [of its time] is only with Allah, and I convey to you that with which I was sent; but I see you [to be] a people behaving ignorantly."

  • قُل لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْغَيْبَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ

    Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected."

  • تِلْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهَآ إِلَيْكَ مَا كُنتَ تَعْلَمُهَآ أَنتَ وَلَا قَوْمُكَ مِن قَبْلِ هَٰذَا فَٱصْبِرْ إِنَّ ٱلْعَٰقِبَةَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

    That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muhammad]. You knew it not, neither you nor your people, before this. So be patient; indeed, the [best] outcome is…

  • يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ثَقُلَتْ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَا تَأْتِيكُمْ إِلَّا بَغْتَةً يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِىٌّ عَنْهَا قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival? Say, "Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None will reveal its time except Him. It lays heavily upon the heavens…

  • وَرُسُلًا قَدْ قَصَصْنَٰهُمْ عَلَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَرُسُلًا لَّمْ نَقْصُصْهُمْ عَلَيْكَ وَكَلَّمَ ٱللَّهُ مُوسَىٰ تَكْلِيمًا

    And [We sent] messengers about whom We have related [their stories] to you before and messengers about whom We have not related to you. And Allah spoke to Moses with [direct]…

  • وَمَا قَدَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِۦٓ إِذْ قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ بَشَرٍ مِّن شَىْءٍ قُلْ مَنْ أَنزَلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ٱلَّذِى جَآءَ بِهِۦ مُوسَىٰ نُورًا وَهُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ تَجْعَلُونَهُۥ قَرَاطِيسَ تُبْدُونَهَا وَتُخْفُونَ كَثِيرًا وَعُلِّمْتُم مَّا لَمْ تَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنتُمْ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ذَرْهُمْ فِى خَوْضِهِمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

    And they did not appraise Allah with true appraisal when they said, "Allah did not reveal to a human being anything." Say, "Who revealed the Scripture that Moses brought as light…

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-Qasas 28:654 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَآ أَجَبْتُمُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ج-و-بر-س-لي-و-مق-و-ل

  • Hud 11:143 shared roots

    فَإِلَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكُمْ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ بِعِلْمِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ

    ج-و-بع-ل-مأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Hashr 59:223 shared roots

    هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ هُوَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    غ-ي-بع-ل-مأ-ل-ه

  • An-Najm 53:352 shared roots

    أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ

    غ-ي-بع-ل-م

  • Yunus 10:893 shared roots

    قَالَ قَدْ أُجِيبَت دَّعْوَتُكُمَا فَٱسْتَقِيمَا وَلَا تَتَّبِعَآنِّ سَبِيلَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    ج-و-بع-ل-مق-و-ل

  • At-Tawba 9:1055 shared roots

    وَقُلِ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ فَسَيَرَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَسَتُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    غ-ي-بر-س-لع-ل-مق-و-لأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 5:109?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 5:109 include Quran 46:23 (Surah Al-Ahqaf), Quran 27:65 (Surah An-Naml), Quran 11:49 (Surah Hud), and Quran 7:187 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 46:23 reads: “He said, "Knowledge [of its time] is only with Allah, and I convey to you that with which I was sent; but I see you [to be] a people behaving ignorantly."” 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 5:109 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 5:109 (Surah Al-Maaida, The Table) reads: “[Be warned of] the Day when Allah will assemble the messengers and say, "What was the response you received?" They will say, "We have no knowledge. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen"”

Which surah is verse 5:109 in?

Quran 5:109 is āyah 109 of Surah Al-Maaida (The Table), chapter 5 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 120 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 5:109?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 5:109 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 5:109?

Tartīl presents Quran 5:109 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.