Surah Al-Qasas · Ayah 46·Makkī

46

وَمَا إِذْ وَلَٰكِن مِّن مَّآ مِّن مِّن لَعَلَّهُمْ ﴿٤٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And you were not at the side of the mount when We called [Moses] but [were sent] as a mercy from your Lord to warn a people to whom no warner had come before you that they might be reminded.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

پاسخ به یک سوّال

در اینجا این سوّال پیش می‌آید که چگونه قرآن می‌گوید که هیچ انذارکننده‌ای قبل از تو برای این قوم -یعنی اعراب معاصر پیامبر(ص) - نیامده؛ در حالی که می‌دانیم هرگز روی زمین از حجت الهی خالی نمی‌شود و اوصیای پیامبران در میان این قوم نیز بوده‌اند. در پاسخ می‌گوییم: منظور» فرستادن پیامبر صاحب کتاب و انذارکنندة آشکار است؛ چرا که میان عصر مسیح(ع) و ظهور پیامبر اسلام(ص) سال‌ها طول کشید و پیامبر اولوالعزم نیامد و همین موضوع بهانه‌ای به دست ملحدان و مفسدان داد. علی(ع) در یکی از سخنانش می‌فرماید: «خداوند پاک. محمد(ص) را به پیامبری فرستاد؛ در حالی که میان عرب کسی نبود که کتابی خوانده یا دعوی پیامبری کرده باشد. پس محمد(ص) آنان را رهبری کرد؛ به جایی که باید. نشانید و به عرصةٌ رستگاریشان رسانید.»

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 · 11 roots in 12 of 20 words

Recitation · 33 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Ikhfāʾ9
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Light rāʾ6
  • Ghunnah5
  • Idghām shafawī2
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

20 words · 77 letters · āyah 46 of 88

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.

  • وَأَنذِرِ ٱلنَّاسَ يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ فَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَخِّرْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ نُّجِبْ دَعْوَتَكَ وَنَتَّبِعِ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَوَلَمْ تَكُونُوٓا۟ أَقْسَمْتُم مِّن قَبْلُ مَا لَكُم مِّن زَوَالٍ

    And, [O Muhammad], warn the people of a Day when the punishment will come to them and those who did wrong will say, "Our Lord, delay us for a short term; we will answer Your call…

  • وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَدَارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

    And We sent not before you [as messengers] except men to whom We revealed from among the people of cities. So have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end…

  • وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦٓ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرٌ وَلِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هَادٍ

    And those who disbelieved say, "Why has a sign not been sent down to him from his Lord?" You are only a warner, and for every people is a guide.

  • وَمَا كُنتَ تَرْجُوٓا۟ أَن يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبُ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ ظَهِيرًا لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    And you were not expecting that the Book would be conveyed to you, but [it is] a mercy from your Lord. So do not be an assistant to the disbelievers.

  • وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.

  • ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يُلْقُونَ أَقْلَٰمَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ يَكْفُلُ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

    That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muhammad]. And you were not with them when they cast their pens as to which of them should be responsible for Mary…

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 28:46?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 28:46 include Quran 14:44 (Surah Ibrahim), Quran 12:109 (Surah Yusuf), Quran 13:7 (Surah Ar-Ra'd), and Quran 28:86 (Surah Al-Qasas). For example, 14:44 reads: “And, [O Muhammad], warn the people of a Day when the punishment will come to them and those who did wrong will say, "Our Lord, delay us for a short term; we will answer Your call…” 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 28:46 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 28:46 (Surah Al-Qasas, The Stories) reads: “And you were not at the side of the mount when We called [Moses] but [were sent] as a mercy from your Lord to warn a people to whom no warner had come before you that they might be reminded.”

Which surah is verse 28:46 in?

Quran 28:46 is āyah 46 of Surah Al-Qasas (The Stories), chapter 28 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 88 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 28:46?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 28:46 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 28:46?

Tartīl presents Quran 28:46 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.