Surah Al-Hijr · Ayah 57·Makkī

57

فَمَا ﴿٥٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

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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 5 words

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 23 letters · āyah 57 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 51:32 · Adh-Dhaariyatvery close

    قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ

    They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals

  • Quran 51:31 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

    [Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

  • Quran 28:65 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَآ أَجَبْتُمُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    And [mention] the Day He will call them and say, "What did you answer the messengers?"

  • Quran 37:95 · As-Saaffaatclose

    قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ

    He said, "Do you worship that which you [yourselves] carve,

  • Quran 44:18 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

    [Saying], "Render to me the servants of Allah. Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger,"

  • Quran 51:24 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ

    Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham? -

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.

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:314 shared roots

    قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

    خ-ط-بر-س-لأ-ي-يق-و-ل

  • Taa-Haa 20:952 shared roots

    قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكَ يَٰسَٰمِرِىُّ

    خ-ط-بق-و-ل

  • Al-Furqaan 25:632 shared roots

    وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًا

    خ-ط-بق-و-ل

  • Saad 38:232 shared roots

    إِنَّ هَٰذَآ أَخِى لَهُۥ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِىَ نَعْجَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِى فِى ٱلْخِطَابِ

    خ-ط-بق-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:512 shared roots

    قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ إِذْ رَٰوَدتُّنَّ يُوسُفَ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ قُلْنَ حَٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِن سُوٓءٍ قَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْـَٰٔنَ حَصْحَصَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَنَا۠ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    خ-ط-بق-و-ل

  • Yaseen 36:162 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا يَعْلَمُ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمُرْسَلُونَ

    ر-س-لق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 15:57?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 15:57 include Quran 51:32 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), Quran 51:31 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), Quran 28:65 (Surah Al-Qasas), and Quran 37:95 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 51:32 reads: “They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals” 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 15:57 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 15:57 (Surah Al-Hijr, The Rock) reads: “[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"”

Which surah is verse 15:57 in?

Quran 15:57 is āyah 57 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 15:57?

Tartīl presents Quran 15:57 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.