Surah Fussilat · Ayah 49·Makkī

49

لَّا مِن وَإِن ﴿٤٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Man is not weary of supplication for good [things], but if evil touches him, he is hopeless and despairing.

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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 · 8 roots in 8 of 11 words

Rarest here: س-أ-م 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 14 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Ikhfāʾ4
  • Light rāʾ2
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 42 letters · āyah 49 of 54

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.

  • وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوسًا

    And when We bestow favor upon the disbeliever, he turns away and distances himself; and when evil touches him, he is ever despairing.

  • وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَجُولًا

    And man supplicates for evil as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.

  • وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

    And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

  • وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً ثُمَّ نَزَعْنَٰهَا مِنْهُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيَـُٔوسٌ كَفُورٌ

    And if We give man a taste of mercy from Us and then We withdraw it from him, indeed, he is despairing and ungrateful.

  • إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا

    When evil touches him, impatient,

  • إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ

    Indeed, mankind is in loss,

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 17:834 shared roots

    وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوسًا

    ي-أ-سش-ر-رم-س-سأ-ن-س

  • Al-Israa 17:114 shared roots

    وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَجُولًا

    ش-ر-رخ-ي-رد-ع-وأ-ن-س

  • Fussilat 41:514 shared roots

    وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ فَذُو دُعَآءٍ عَرِيضٍ

    ش-ر-رم-س-سد-ع-وأ-ن-س

  • Fussilat 41:514 shared roots

    وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ فَذُو دُعَآءٍ عَرِيضٍ

    ش-ر-رم-س-سد-ع-وأ-ن-س

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:202 shared roots

    إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا

    ش-ر-رم-س-س

  • Hud 11:92 shared roots

    وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً ثُمَّ نَزَعْنَٰهَا مِنْهُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيَـُٔوسٌ كَفُورٌ

    ي-أ-سأ-ن-س

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 41:49?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 41:49 include Quran 17:83 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 17:11 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 70:21 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij), and Quran 11:9 (Surah Hud). For example, 17:83 reads: “And when We bestow favor upon the disbeliever, he turns away and distances himself; and when evil touches him, he is ever despairing.” 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 41:49 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 41:49 (Surah Fussilat, Explained in detail) reads: “Man is not weary of supplication for good [things], but if evil touches him, he is hopeless and despairing.”

Which surah is verse 41:49 in?

Quran 41:49 is āyah 49 of Surah Fussilat (Explained in detail), chapter 41 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 54 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 41:49?

Tartīl presents Quran 41:49 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.