Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 46·Madanī

46

ٱلَّذِينَ أَنَّهُم وَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ ﴿٤٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Who are certain that they will meet their Lord and that they will return to Him.

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 8 words

Recitation · 15 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Ghunnah4
  • Idghām shafawī3
  • Heavy rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 37 letters · āyah 46 of 286

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 78:39 · An-Nabaclose

    ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا

    That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

  • Quran 15:25 · Al-Hijrclose

    وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ

    And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.

  • Quran 23:59 · Al-Muminoonclose

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِرَبِّهِمْ لَا يُشْرِكُونَ

    And they who do not associate anything with their Lord

  • Quran 26:50 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

    They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return.

  • Quran 2:156 · Al-Baqaraclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ

    Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return."

  • Quran 41:54 · Fussilatclose

    أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ فِى مِرْيَةٍ مِّن لِّقَآءِ رَبِّهِمْ أَلَآ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ مُّحِيطٌۢ

    Unquestionably, they are in doubt about the meeting with their Lord. Unquestionably He is, of all things, encompassing.

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-Haaqqa 69:202 shared roots

    إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

    ظ-ن-نل-ق-ي

  • As-Saaffaat 37:872 shared roots

    فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ظ-ن-نر-ب-ب

  • Al-Alaq 96:82 shared roots

    إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ

    ر-ج-عر-ب-ب

  • Al-Qasas 28:392 shared roots

    وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا يُرْجَعُونَ

    ظ-ن-نر-ج-ع

  • An-Naml 27:282 shared roots

    ٱذْهَب بِّكِتَٰبِى هَٰذَا فَأَلْقِهْ إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُونَ

    ر-ج-عل-ق-ي

  • Al-Fajr 89:282 shared roots

    ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

    ر-ج-عر-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:46?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:46 include Quran 78:39 (Surah An-Naba), Quran 15:25 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 23:59 (Surah Al-Muminoon), and Quran 26:50 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 78:39 reads: “That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.” 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 2:46 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:46 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “Who are certain that they will meet their Lord and that they will return to Him.”

Which surah is verse 2:46 in?

Quran 2:46 is āyah 46 of Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow), chapter 2 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 286 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 2:46?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:46 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.