Surah Al-Ghaafir · Ayah 52·Makkī

52

لَا وَلَهُمُ وَلَهُمْ ﴿٥٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

The Day their excuse will not benefit the wrongdoers, and they will have the curse, and they will have the worst home.

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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 10 words

Recitation · 14 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 45 letters · āyah 52 of 85

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 30:12 · Ar-Roomvery close

    وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يُبْلِسُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

    And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will be in despair.

  • Quran 38:55 · Saadvery close

    هَٰذَا وَإِنَّ لِلطَّٰغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَـَٔابٍ

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

  • Quran 15:35 · Al-Hijrvery close

    وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense."

  • Quran 27:85 · An-Namlclose

    وَوَقَعَ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِم بِمَا ظَلَمُوا۟ فَهُمْ لَا يَنطِقُونَ

    And the decree will befall them for the wrong they did, and they will not [be able to] speak.

  • Quran 39:51 · Az-Zumarclose

    فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ سَيُصِيبُهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَمَا هُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

    And the evil consequences of what they earned struck them. And those who have wronged of these [people] will be afflicted by the evil consequences of what they earned; and they…

  • Quran 27:5 · An-Namlclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَ

    Those are the ones for whom there will be the worst of punishment, and in the Hereafter they are the greatest losers.

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.

  • Ar-Room 30:574 shared roots

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يَنفَعُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ

    ع-ذ-رن-ف-عظ-ل-مي-و-م

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:393 shared roots

    وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِذ ظَّلَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

    ن-ف-عظ-ل-مي-و-م

  • At-Tahrim 66:72 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    ع-ذ-ري-و-م

  • Saad 38:782 shared roots

    وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    ل-ع-ني-و-م

  • Al-Hijr 15:352 shared roots

    وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    ل-ع-ني-و-م

  • Al-Fath 48:63 shared roots

    وَيُعَذِّبَ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتِ وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَٱلْمُشْرِكَٰتِ ٱلظَّآنِّينَ بِٱللَّهِ ظَنَّ ٱلسَّوْءِ عَلَيْهِمْ دَآئِرَةُ ٱلسَّوْءِ وَغَضِبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَنَهُمْ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ جَهَنَّمَ وَسَآءَتْ مَصِيرًا

    ل-ع-ند-و-رس-و-أ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 40:52?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 40:52 include Quran 30:12 (Surah Ar-Room), Quran 38:55 (Surah Saad), Quran 15:35 (Surah Al-Hijr), and Quran 27:85 (Surah An-Naml). For example, 30:12 reads: “And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will be in despair.” 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 40:52 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 40:52 (Surah Al-Ghaafir, The Forgiver) reads: “The Day their excuse will not benefit the wrongdoers, and they will have the curse, and they will have the worst home.”

Which surah is verse 40:52 in?

Quran 40:52 is āyah 52 of Surah Al-Ghaafir (The Forgiver), chapter 40 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 85 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 40:52?

Tartīl presents Quran 40:52 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.