Surah Ar-Room · Ayah 55·Makkī

55

مَا كَذَٰلِكَ ﴿٥٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will swear they had remained but an hour. Thus they were deluded.

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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 · 9 roots in 10 of 12 words

Recitation · 17 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Qalqalah2
  • Light rāʾ2
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 55 letters · āyah 55 of 60

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.

  • إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

    Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.

  • وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يُبْلِسُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

    And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will be in despair.

  • بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ

    But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.

  • ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    Who deny the Day of Recompense.

  • خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

    Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.

  • حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ

    Until there came to us the certainty."

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 30:55?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 30:55 include Quran 54:47 (Surah Al-Qamar), Quran 30:12 (Surah Ar-Room), Quran 54:46 (Surah Al-Qamar), and Quran 83:11 (Surah Al-Mutaffifin). For example, 54:47 reads: “Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.” 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 30:55 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 30:55 (Surah Ar-Room, The Romans) reads: “And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will swear they had remained but an hour. Thus they were deluded.”

Which surah is verse 30:55 in?

Quran 30:55 is āyah 55 of Surah Ar-Room (The Romans), chapter 30 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 60 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 30:55?

Tartīl presents Quran 30:55 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.