Surah An-Nisaa · Ayah 49·Madanī

49

أَلَمْ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ بَلِ مَن وَلَا ﴿٤٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Have you not seen those who claim themselves to be pure? Rather, Allah purifies whom He wills, and injustice is not done to them, [even] as much as a thread [inside a date seed].

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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 · 7 roots in 8 of 14 words

Rarest here: ف-ت-ل 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 15 points across 6 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Light Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

14 words · 54 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 49 of 176

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.

  • فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعْدُ بِٱلدِّينِ

    So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?

  • فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ

    So indeed, you [disbelievers] and whatever you worship,

  • وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَٰفِلًا عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ تَشْخَصُ فِيهِ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ

    And never think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them for a Day when eyes will stare [in horror].

  • أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ بَدَّلُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ كُفْرًا وَأَحَلُّوا۟ قَوْمَهُمْ دَارَ ٱلْبَوَارِ

    Have you not considered those who exchanged the favor of Allah for disbelief and settled their people [in] the home of ruin?

  • وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ

    And that they say what they do not do? -

  • أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ

    Have you seen the one who turned away

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-Israa 17:712 shared roots

    يَوْمَ نَدْعُوا۟ كُلَّ أُنَاسٍۭ بِإِمَٰمِهِمْ فَمَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَٰبَهُمْ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا

    ف-ت-لظ-ل-م

  • An-Nisaa 4:775 shared roots

    أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ قِيلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ يَخْشَوْنَ ٱلنَّاسَ كَخَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْ أَشَدَّ خَشْيَةً وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لِمَ كَتَبْتَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْقِتَالَ لَوْلَآ أَخَّرْتَنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ قُلْ مَتَٰعُ ٱلدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٌ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا

    ف-ت-لز-ك-وظ-ل-مر-أ-يأ-ل-ه

  • An-Nisaa 4:775 shared roots

    أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ قِيلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ يَخْشَوْنَ ٱلنَّاسَ كَخَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْ أَشَدَّ خَشْيَةً وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لِمَ كَتَبْتَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْقِتَالَ لَوْلَآ أَخَّرْتَنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ قُلْ مَتَٰعُ ٱلدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٌ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا

    ف-ت-لز-ك-وظ-ل-مر-أ-يأ-ل-ه

  • Yunus 10:444 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ ٱلنَّاسَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

    ن-ف-سظ-ل-مش-ي-أأ-ل-ه

  • Yaseen 36:543 shared roots

    فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    ن-ف-سظ-ل-مش-ي-أ

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:642 shared roots

    فَرَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    ن-ف-سظ-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 4:49?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 4:49 include Quran 95:7 (Surah At-Tin), Quran 37:161 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 14:42 (Surah Ibrahim), and Quran 14:28 (Surah Ibrahim). For example, 95:7 reads: “So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?” 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 4:49 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 4:49 (Surah An-Nisaa, The Women) reads: “Have you not seen those who claim themselves to be pure? Rather, Allah purifies whom He wills, and injustice is not done to them, [even] as much as a thread [inside a date seed].”

Which surah is verse 4:49 in?

Quran 4:49 is āyah 49 of Surah An-Nisaa (The Women), chapter 4 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 176 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 4:49?

Tartīl presents Quran 4:49 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.