Surah Al-Qalam · Ayah 49·Makkī

49

لَّوْلَآ أَن مِّن وَهُوَ ﴿٤٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 10 words

Rarest here: ع-ر-ي 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 10 points across 5 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 39 letters · āyah 49 of 52

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 وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ

    He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"

  • فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ

    Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy.

  • قَالَ أَمَّا مَن ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُۥ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ فَيُعَذِّبُهُۥ عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا

    He said, "As for one who wrongs, we will punish him. Then he will be returned to his Lord, and He will punish him with a terrible punishment.

  • وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِۦ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًا

    And his fruits were encompassed [by ruin], so he began to turn his hands about [in dismay] over what he had spent on it, while it had collapsed upon its trellises, and said, "Oh…

  • فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ

    And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.

  • فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ خَلَٰٓئِفَ وَأَغْرَقْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

    And they denied him, so We saved him and those with him in the ship and made them successors, and We drowned those who denied Our signs. Then see how was the end of those who were…

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.

  • As-Saaffaat 37:1452 shared roots

    فَنَبَذْنَٰهُ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌ

    ع-ر-ين-ب-ذ

  • Al-Qalam 68:22 shared roots

    مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ

    ن-ع-مر-ب-ب

  • Ad-Dhuhaa 93:112 shared roots

    وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ

    ن-ع-مر-ب-ب

  • As-Saaffaat 37:572 shared roots

    وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ

    ن-ع-مر-ب-ب

  • Al-Qalam 68:342 shared roots

    إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    ن-ع-مر-ب-ب

  • Al-A'raaf 7:382 shared roots

    قَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ فِى ٱلنَّارِ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ لَّعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱدَّارَكُوا۟ فِيهَا جَمِيعًا قَالَتْ أُخْرَىٰهُمْ لِأُولَىٰهُمْ رَبَّنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَضَلُّونَا فَـَٔاتِهِمْ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَعْلَمُونَ

    د-ر-كر-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 68:49?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 68:49 include Quran 15:56 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 37:142 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 18:87 (Surah Al-Kahf), and Quran 18:42 (Surah Al-Kahf). For example, 15:56 reads: “He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"” 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 68:49 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 68:49 (Surah Al-Qalam, The Pen) reads: “If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.”

Which surah is verse 68:49 in?

Quran 68:49 is āyah 49 of Surah Al-Qalam (The Pen), chapter 68 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 52 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 68:49?

Tartīl presents Quran 68:49 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.