Surah Al-Waaqia · Ayah 60·Makkī

60

نَحْنُ وَمَا نَحْنُ ﴿٦٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone

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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 · 5 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 32 letters · āyah 60 of 96

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 34:42 · Sabaclose

    فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا يَمْلِكُ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ نَّفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا وَنَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

    But today you do not hold for one another [the power of] benefit or harm, and We will say to those who wronged, "Taste the punishment of the Fire, which you used to deny."

  • Quran 23:65 · Al-Muminoonclose

    لَا تَجْـَٔرُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنَّكُم مِّنَّا لَا تُنصَرُونَ

    Do not cry out today. Indeed, by Us you will not be helped.

  • Quran 37:59 · As-Saaffaatclose

    إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

    Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"

  • Quran 44:35 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ

    "There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.

  • Quran 19:71 · Maryamclose

    وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ حَتْمًا مَّقْضِيًّا

    And there is none of you except he will come to it. This is upon your Lord an inevitability decreed.

  • Quran 50:43 · Qaafclose

    إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination

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-Ankaboot 29:392 shared roots

    وَقَٰرُونَ وَفِرْعَوْنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ سَٰبِقِينَ

    س-ب-قب-ي-ن

  • Al-Qiyaama 75:402 shared roots

    أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

    ق-د-رم-و-ت

  • Al-Baqara 2:1482 shared roots

    وَلِكُلٍّ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلِّيهَا فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ أَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُوا۟ يَأْتِ بِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ جَمِيعًا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    س-ب-قق-د-ر

  • Al-Hajj 22:62 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنَّهُۥ يُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَأَنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    ق-د-رم-و-ت

  • Al-Hadid 57:22 shared roots

    لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    ق-د-رم-و-ت

  • Ash-Shura 42:92 shared roots

    أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ فَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلْوَلِىُّ وَهُوَ يُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    ق-د-رم-و-ت

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 56:60?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 56:60 include Quran 34:42 (Surah Saba), Quran 23:65 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 37:59 (Surah As-Saaffaat), and Quran 44:35 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan). For example, 34:42 reads: “But today you do not hold for one another [the power of] benefit or harm, and We will say to those who wronged, "Taste the punishment of the Fire, which you used to deny."” 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 56:60 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 56:60 (Surah Al-Waaqia, The Inevitable) reads: “We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone”

Which surah is verse 56:60 in?

Quran 56:60 is āyah 60 of Surah Al-Waaqia (The Inevitable), chapter 56 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 96 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 56:60?

Tartīl presents Quran 56:60 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.