Surah Al-Maaida · Ayah 102·Madanī

102

قَدْ مِّن ثُمَّ بِهَا ﴿١٠٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

A people asked such [questions] before you; then they became thereby disbelievers.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 9 words

Recitation · 13 points across 6 rule families

  • Qalqalah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 33 letters · āyah 102 of 120

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 45:31 · Al-Jaathiyaclose

    وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَفَلَمْ تَكُنْ ءَايَٰتِى تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ وَكُنتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ

    But as for those who disbelieved, [it will be said], "Were not Our verses recited to you, but you were arrogant and became a people of criminals?

  • Quran 64:5 · At-Taghaabunclose

    أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ فَذَاقُوا۟ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    Has there not come to you the news of those who disbelieved before? So they tasted the bad consequence of their affair, and they will have a painful punishment.

  • Quran 34:53 · Sabaclose

    وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ مِن قَبْلُ وَيَقْذِفُونَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ مِن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

    And they had already disbelieved in it before and would assault the unseen from a place far away.

  • Quran 37:29 · As-Saaffaatclose

    قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

    The oppressors will say, "Rather, you [yourselves] were not believers,

  • Quran 37:52 · As-Saaffaatclose

    يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ

    Who would say, 'Are you indeed of those who believe

  • Quran 51:9 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ

    Deluded away from the Qur'an is he who is deluded.

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-Qiyaama 75:62 shared roots

    يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

    س-أ-لق-و-م

  • At-Tur 52:252 shared roots

    وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    س-أ-لق-ب-ل

  • As-Saaffaat 37:502 shared roots

    فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    س-أ-لق-ب-ل

  • As-Saaffaat 37:272 shared roots

    وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    س-أ-لق-ب-ل

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:442 shared roots

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَذِكْرٌ لَّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَ وَسَوْفَ تُسْـَٔلُونَ

    س-أ-لق-و-م

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:452 shared roots

    وَسْـَٔلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلْنَا مِن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ءَالِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ

    س-أ-لق-ب-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 5:102?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 5:102 include Quran 45:31 (Surah Al-Jaathiya), Quran 64:5 (Surah At-Taghaabun), Quran 34:53 (Surah Saba), and Quran 37:29 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 45:31 reads: “But as for those who disbelieved, [it will be said], "Were not Our verses recited to you, but you were arrogant and became 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 5:102 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 5:102 (Surah Al-Maaida, The Table) reads: “A people asked such [questions] before you; then they became thereby disbelievers.”

Which surah is verse 5:102 in?

Quran 5:102 is āyah 102 of Surah Al-Maaida (The Table), chapter 5 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 120 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 5:102?

Tartīl presents Quran 5:102 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.