Surah Al-Ghaafir · Ayah 58·Makkī

58

وَمَا وَٱلَّذِينَ وَلَا مَّا ﴿٥٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And not equal are the blind and the seeing, nor are those who believe and do righteous deeds and the evildoer. Little do you remember.

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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 · 9 roots in 9 of 13 words

Recitation · 23 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī15
  • Lām qamariyyah4
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

13 words · 68 letters · āyah 58 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 10:43 · Yunusclose

    وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَنظُرُ إِلَيْكَ أَفَأَنتَ تَهْدِى ٱلْعُمْىَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

    And among them are those who look at you. But can you guide the blind although they will not [attempt to] see?

  • Quran 35:20 · Faatirclose

    وَلَا ٱلظُّلُمَٰتُ وَلَا ٱلنُّورُ

    Nor are the darknesses and the light,

  • Quran 17:72 · Al-Israaclose

    وَمَن كَانَ فِى هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَعْمَىٰ فَهُوَ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَعْمَىٰ وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

    And whoever is blind in this [life] will be blind in the Hereafter and more astray in way.

  • Quran 27:81 · An-Namlclose

    وَمَآ أَنتَ بِهَٰدِى ٱلْعُمْىِ عَن ضَلَٰلَتِهِمْ إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُم مُّسْلِمُونَ

    And you cannot guide the blind away from their error. You will only make hear those who believe in Our verses so they are Muslims [submitting to Allah].

  • Quran 18:57 · Al-Kahfclose

    وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِىَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا وَإِن تَدْعُهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَلَن يَهْتَدُوٓا۟ إِذًا أَبَدًا

    And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord but turns away from them and forgets what his hands have put forth? Indeed, We have placed over their…

  • Quran 32:18 · As-Sajdaclose

    أَفَمَن كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا كَمَن كَانَ فَاسِقًا لَّا يَسْتَوُۥنَ

    Then is one who was a believer like one who was defiantly disobedient? They are not equal.

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.

  • Faatir 35:193 shared roots

    وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ

    ع-م-يس-و-يب-ص-ر

  • Hud 11:244 shared roots

    مَثَلُ ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِ كَٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْأَصَمِّ وَٱلْبَصِيرِ وَٱلسَّمِيعِ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    ع-م-يس-و-يب-ص-رذ-ك-ر

  • Yunus 10:432 shared roots

    وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَنظُرُ إِلَيْكَ أَفَأَنتَ تَهْدِى ٱلْعُمْىَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

    ع-م-يب-ص-ر

  • Taa-Haa 20:1252 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرْتَنِىٓ أَعْمَىٰ وَقَدْ كُنتُ بَصِيرًا

    ع-م-يب-ص-ر

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:74 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَنُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَحْسَنَ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    س-و-أص-ل-حع-م-لأ-م-ن

  • Al-An'aam 6:1042 shared roots

    قَدْ جَآءَكُم بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَنْ أَبْصَرَ فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ وَمَنْ عَمِىَ فَعَلَيْهَا وَمَآ أَنَا۠ عَلَيْكُم بِحَفِيظٍ

    ع-م-يب-ص-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 40:58?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 40:58 include Quran 10:43 (Surah Yunus), Quran 35:20 (Surah Faatir), Quran 17:72 (Surah Al-Israa), and Quran 27:81 (Surah An-Naml). For example, 10:43 reads: “And among them are those who look at you. But can you guide the blind although they will not [attempt to] see?” 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 40:58 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 40:58 (Surah Al-Ghaafir, The Forgiver) reads: “And not equal are the blind and the seeing, nor are those who believe and do righteous deeds and the evildoer. Little do you remember.”

Which surah is verse 40:58 in?

Quran 40:58 is āyah 58 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 40:58?

Tartīl presents Quran 40:58 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.