Surah Qaaf · Ayah 15·Makkī

15

بَلْ هُمْ فِى مِّنْ ﴿١٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Did We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation.

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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 · 5 roots in 6 of 10 words

Rarest here: ع-ي-ي — 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 12 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 36 letters · āyah 15 of 45

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 32:10 · As-Sajdaclose

    وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا ضَلَلْنَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَءِنَّا لَفِى خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍۭ بَلْ هُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّهِمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

    And they say, "When we are lost within the earth, will we indeed be [recreated] in a new creation?" Rather, they are, in [the matter of] the meeting with their Lord, disbelievers.

  • Quran 17:49 · Al-Israaclose

    وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا

    And they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?"

  • Quran 56:62 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    And you have already known the first creation, so will you not remember?

  • Quran 52:36 · At-Turclose

    أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

    Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.

  • Quran 56:58 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ

    Have you seen that which you emit?

  • Quran 37:11 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍۭ

    Then inquire of them, [O Muhammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created men from sticky clay.

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-Ahqaf 46:332 shared roots

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَمْ يَعْىَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    ع-ي-يخ-ل-ق

  • Faatir 35:162 shared roots

    إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

    ج-د-دخ-ل-ق

  • As-Sajda 32:102 shared roots

    وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا ضَلَلْنَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَءِنَّا لَفِى خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍۭ بَلْ هُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّهِمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

    ج-د-دخ-ل-ق

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1372 shared roots

    إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    أ-و-لخ-ل-ق

  • Ibrahim 14:192 shared roots

    أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

    ج-د-دخ-ل-ق

  • Al-Israa 17:492 shared roots

    وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا

    ج-د-دخ-ل-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 50:15?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 50:15 include Quran 32:10 (Surah As-Sajda), Quran 17:49 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 56:62 (Surah Al-Waaqia), and Quran 52:36 (Surah At-Tur). For example, 32:10 reads: “And they say, "When we are lost within the earth, will we indeed be [recreated] in a new creation?" Rather, they are, in [the matter of] the meeting with their Lord, disbelievers.” 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 50:15 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 50:15 (Surah Qaaf, The letter Qaaf) reads: “Did We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation.”

Which surah is verse 50:15 in?

Quran 50:15 is āyah 15 of Surah Qaaf (The letter Qaaf), chapter 50 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 45 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 50:15?

Tartīl presents Quran 50:15 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.