Surah An-Naba · Ayah 40·Makkī

40

إِنَّآ مَا يَٰلَيْتَنِى ﴿٤٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"

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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 · 12 roots in 12 of 15 words

Recitation · 24 points across 6 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Ikhfāʾ6
  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Light rāʾ4
  • Lām qamariyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

15 words · 66 letters · āyah 40 of 40

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.

  • يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    Covering the people; this is a painful torment.

  • وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا وَءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخْرَجُونَ

    And those who disbelieve say, "When we have become dust as well as our forefathers, will we indeed be brought out [of the graves]?

  • قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

    He said, "My Lord is most knowing of what you do."

  • وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.

  • فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِۦ جَمْعًا

    Arriving thereby in the center collectively,

  • فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيدُونِ

    So if you have a plan, then plan against Me.

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.

  • An-Naml 27:674 shared roots

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا وَءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخْرَجُونَ

    ت-ر-بك-ف-رك-و-نق-و-ل

  • Al-Waaqia 56:882 shared roots

    فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

    ق-ر-بك-و-ن

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:422 shared roots

    قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

    ق-ر-بق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1142 shared roots

    قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

    ق-ر-بق-و-ل

  • Al-Hajj 22:102 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاكَ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَيْسَ بِظَلَّٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

    ق-د-مي-د-ي

  • Al-Anfaal 8:512 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَيْسَ بِظَلَّٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

    ق-د-مي-د-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 78:40?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 78:40 include Quran 44:11 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), Quran 27:67 (Surah An-Naml), Quran 26:188 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 68:52 (Surah Al-Qalam). For example, 44:11 reads: “Covering the people; this is a painful torment.” 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 78:40 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 78:40 (Surah An-Naba, The Announcement) reads: “Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"”

Which surah is verse 78:40 in?

Quran 78:40 is āyah 40 of Surah An-Naba (The Announcement), chapter 78 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 40 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 78:40?

Tartīl presents Quran 78:40 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.