Surah Az-Zumar · Ayah 55·Makkī

55

مَآ إِلَيْكُم مِّن مِّن أَن وَأَنتُمْ لَا ﴿٥٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And follow the best of what was revealed to you from your Lord before the punishment comes upon you suddenly while you do not perceive,

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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 9 of 16 words

Recitation · 19 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Ikhfāʾ6
  • Idghām shafawī3
  • Ghunnah2
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

16 words · 64 letters · āyah 55 of 75

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.

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    ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    Follow, [O mankind], what has been revealed to you from your Lord and do not follow other than Him any allies. Little do you remember.

  • Quran 68:6 · Al-Qalamvery close

    بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ

    Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].

  • Quran 6:104 · Al-An'aamvery close

    قَدْ جَآءَكُم بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَنْ أَبْصَرَ فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ وَمَنْ عَمِىَ فَعَلَيْهَا وَمَآ أَنَا۠ عَلَيْكُم بِحَفِيظٍ

    There has come to you enlightenment from your Lord. So whoever will see does so for [the benefit of] his soul, and whoever is blind [does harm] against it. And [say], "I am not a…

  • Quran 10:108 · Yunusvery close

    قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ قَدْ جَآءَكُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِى لِنَفْسِهِۦ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا وَمَآ أَنَا۠ عَلَيْكُم بِوَكِيلٍ

    Say, "O mankind, the truth has come to you from your Lord, so whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] his soul, and whoever goes astray only goes astray [in…

  • Quran 11:3 · Hudvery close

    وَأَنِ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يُمَتِّعْكُم مَّتَٰعًا حَسَنًا إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَيُؤْتِ كُلَّ ذِى فَضْلٍ فَضْلَهُۥ وَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ كَبِيرٍ

    And [saying], "Seek forgiveness of your Lord and repent to Him, [and] He will let you enjoy a good provision for a specified term and give every doer of favor his favor. But if…

  • Quran 76:29 · Al-Insaanclose

    إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا

    Indeed, this is a reminder, so he who wills may take to his Lord a way.

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:2023 shared roots

    فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    ب-غ-تش-ع-رأ-ت-ي

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:663 shared roots

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    ب-غ-تش-ع-رأ-ت-ي

  • Yusuf 12:1074 shared roots

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    ب-غ-تش-ع-رع-ذ-بأ-ت-ي

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:534 shared roots

    وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَلَوْلَآ أَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى لَّجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    ب-غ-تش-ع-رع-ذ-بأ-ت-ي

  • An-Najm 53:492 shared roots

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    ش-ع-رر-ب-ب

  • Az-Zumar 39:254 shared roots

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    ش-ع-رق-ب-لع-ذ-بأ-ت-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 39:55?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 39:55 include Quran 7:3 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 68:6 (Surah Al-Qalam), Quran 6:104 (Surah Al-An'aam), and Quran 10:108 (Surah Yunus). For example, 7:3 reads: “Follow, [O mankind], what has been revealed to you from your Lord and do not follow other than Him any allies. Little do you remember.” 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 39:55 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 39:55 (Surah Az-Zumar, The Groups) reads: “And follow the best of what was revealed to you from your Lord before the punishment comes upon you suddenly while you do not perceive,”

Which surah is verse 39:55 in?

Quran 39:55 is āyah 55 of Surah Az-Zumar (The Groups), chapter 39 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 75 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 39:55?

Tartīl presents Quran 39:55 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.