Surah Saad · Ayah 60·Makkī

60

بَلْ أَنتُمْ لَا بِكُمْ أَنتُمْ لَنَا ﴿٦٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They will say, "Nor you! No welcome for you. You, [our leaders], brought this upon us, and wretched is the settlement."

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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 5 of 11 words

Rarest here: ر-ح-ب — 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 16 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 45 letters · āyah 60 of 88

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

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    They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

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    Then should We turn the message away, disregarding you, because you are a transgressing people?

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    And we are not responsible except for clear notification."

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    [To them] it will be said, "Enter the gates of Hell to abide eternally therein, and wretched is the residence of the arrogant."

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    Return to them, for we will surely come to them with soldiers that they will be powerless to encounter, and we will surely expel them therefrom in humiliation, and they will be…

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 38:60?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 38:60 include Quran 21:14 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 43:5 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 36:17 (Surah Yaseen), and Quran 37:29 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 21:14 reads: “They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."” 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 38:60 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 38:60 (Surah Saad, The letter Saad) reads: “They will say, "Nor you! No welcome for you. You, [our leaders], brought this upon us, and wretched is the settlement."”

Which surah is verse 38:60 in?

Quran 38:60 is āyah 60 of Surah Saad (The letter Saad), chapter 38 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 88 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 38:60?

Tartīl presents Quran 38:60 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.