Surah Az-Zumar · Ayah 58·Makkī

58

أَوْ لَوْ أَنَّ لِى مِنَ ﴿٥٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Or [lest] it say when it sees the punishment, "If only I had another turn so I could be among the doers of good."

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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 7 of 12 words

Rarest here: ك-ر-ر — 6× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 13 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 42 letters · āyah 58 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.

  • Quran 10:52 · Yunusclose

    ثُمَّ قِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلْخُلْدِ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

    Then it will be said to those who had wronged, "Taste the punishment of eternity; are you being recompensed except for what you used to earn?"

  • Quran 38:55 · Saadclose

    هَٰذَا وَإِنَّ لِلطَّٰغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَـَٔابٍ

    This [is so]. But indeed, for the transgressors is an evil place of return -

  • Quran 28:64 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَقِيلَ ٱدْعُوا۟ شُرَكَآءَكُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَهُمْ وَرَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَهْتَدُونَ

    And it will be said, "Invoke your 'partners' " and they will invoke them; but they will not respond to them, and they will see the punishment. If only they had followed guidance!

  • Quran 32:12 · As-Sajdaclose

    وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ نَاكِسُوا۟ رُءُوسِهِمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ رَبَّنَآ أَبْصَرْنَا وَسَمِعْنَا فَٱرْجِعْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَٰلِحًا إِنَّا مُوقِنُونَ

    If you could but see when the criminals are hanging their heads before their Lord, [saying], "Our Lord, we have seen and heard, so return us [to the world]; we will work…

  • Quran 25:27 · Al-Furqaanclose

    وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى ٱتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا

    And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way.

  • Quran 37:57 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ

    If not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those brought in [to Hell].

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 26:1022 shared roots

    فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    ك-ر-رك-و-ن

  • An-Naazi'aat 79:122 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

    ك-ر-رق-و-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:2182 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

    ح-ي-نر-أ-ي

  • Al-Baqara 2:1673 shared roots

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تَبَرَّءُوا۟ مِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ يُرِيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ حَسَرَٰتٍ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَا هُم بِخَٰرِجِينَ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ

    ك-ر-رر-أ-يق-و-ل

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:432 shared roots

    وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

    ح-ي-نق-و-ل

  • Al-Furqaan 25:423 shared roots

    إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لَوْلَآ أَن صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْعَذَابَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

    ح-ي-نر-أ-يع-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 39:58?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 39:58 include Quran 10:52 (Surah Yunus), Quran 38:55 (Surah Saad), Quran 28:64 (Surah Al-Qasas), and Quran 32:12 (Surah As-Sajda). For example, 10:52 reads: “Then it will be said to those who had wronged, "Taste the punishment of eternity; are you being recompensed except for what you used to earn?"” 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 39:58 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 39:58 (Surah Az-Zumar, The Groups) reads: “Or [lest] it say when it sees the punishment, "If only I had another turn so I could be among the doers of good."”

Which surah is verse 39:58 in?

Quran 39:58 is āyah 58 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 39:58?

Tartīl presents Quran 39:58 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.