Surah Al-Maaida · Ayah 58·Madanī

58

وَإِذَا إِلَى ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ لَّا ﴿٥٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when you call to prayer, they take it in ridicule and amusement. That is because they are a people who do not use reason.

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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 12 words

Recitation · 16 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 54 letters · āyah 58 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 107:6 · Al-Maa'unclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ

    Those who make show [of their deeds]

  • Quran 37:13 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ

    And when they are reminded, they remember not.

  • Quran 8:35 · Al-Anfaalclose

    وَمَا كَانَ صَلَاتُهُمْ عِندَ ٱلْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكَآءً وَتَصْدِيَةً فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

    And their prayer at the House was not except whistling and handclapping. So taste the punishment for what you disbelieved.

  • Quran 21:36 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَإِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَذْكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ هُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

    And when those who disbelieve see you, [O Muhammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one who insults your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the…

  • Quran 77:48 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ

    And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow.

  • Quran 2:171 · Al-Baqaraclose

    وَمَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِى يَنْعِقُ بِمَا لَا يَسْمَعُ إِلَّا دُعَآءً وَنِدَآءً صُمٌّۢ بُكْمٌ عُمْىٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

    The example of those who disbelieve is like that of one who shouts at what hears nothing but calls and cries cattle or sheep - deaf, dumb and blind, so they do not understand.

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.

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  • Al-Maaida 5:573 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ دِينَكُمْ هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَٱلْكُفَّارَ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    ل-ع-به-ز-أأ-خ-ذ

  • At-Tawba 9:652 shared roots

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلْعَبُ قُلْ أَبِٱللَّهِ وَءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَرَسُولِهِۦ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ل-ع-به-ز-أ

  • Al-Kahf 18:1062 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوا۟ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَايَٰتِى وَرُسُلِى هُزُوًا

    ه-ز-أأ-خ-ذ

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:362 shared roots

    وَإِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَذْكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ هُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

    ه-ز-أأ-خ-ذ

  • Al-Furqaan 25:412 shared roots

    وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولًا

    ه-ز-أأ-خ-ذ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 5:58?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 5:58 include Quran 107:6 (Surah Al-Maa'un), Quran 37:13 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 8:35 (Surah Al-Anfaal), and Quran 21:36 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa). For example, 107:6 reads: “Those who make show [of their deeds]” 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 5:58 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 5:58 (Surah Al-Maaida, The Table) reads: “And when you call to prayer, they take it in ridicule and amusement. That is because they are a people who do not use reason.”

Which surah is verse 5:58 in?

Quran 5:58 is āyah 58 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 5:58?

Tartīl presents Quran 5:58 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.