Surah Al-Hijr · Ayah 5·Makkī

5

مَّا مِنْ وَمَا ﴿٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.

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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 7 words

Recitation · 9 points across 4 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Iẓhār2
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 27 letters · āyah 5 of 99

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 28:59 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يَبْعَثَ فِىٓ أُمِّهَا رَسُولًا يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِى ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا وَأَهْلُهَا ظَٰلِمُونَ

    And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while…

  • Quran 17:58 · Al-Israaclose

    وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَسْطُورًا

    And there is no city but that We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment. That has ever been in the Register inscribed.

  • Quran 26:207 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ

    They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided.

  • Quran 26:209 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    As a reminder; and never have We been unjust.

  • Quran 21:95 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَحَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَآ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

    And there is prohibition upon [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return

  • Quran 17:16 · Al-Israaclose

    وَإِذَآ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نُّهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً أَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُوا۟ فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَٰهَا تَدْمِيرًا

    And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete]…

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-Muminoon 23:434 shared roots

    مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ

    س-ب-قأ-ج-لأ-م-مأ-خ-ر

  • Al-A'raaf 7:343 shared roots

    وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

    أ-ج-لأ-م-مأ-خ-ر

  • Hud 11:1042 shared roots

    وَمَا نُؤَخِّرُهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِأَجَلٍ مَّعْدُودٍ

    أ-ج-لأ-خ-ر

  • Taa-Haa 20:1292 shared roots

    وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى

    س-ب-قأ-ج-ل

  • Al-Munaafiqoon 63:112 shared roots

    وَلَن يُؤَخِّرَ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهَا وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

    أ-ج-لأ-خ-ر

  • Yunus 10:493 shared roots

    قُل لَّآ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِى ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

    أ-ج-لأ-م-مأ-خ-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 15:5?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 15:5 include Quran 28:59 (Surah Al-Qasas), Quran 17:58 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 26:207 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 26:209 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 28:59 reads: “And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while…” 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 15:5 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 15:5 (Surah Al-Hijr, The Rock) reads: “No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.”

Which surah is verse 15:5 in?

Quran 15:5 is āyah 5 of Surah Al-Hijr (The Rock), chapter 15 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 99 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 15:5?

Tartīl presents Quran 15:5 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.