Surah Al-Waaqia · Ayah 49·Makkī

49

إِنَّ ﴿٤٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Say, [O Muhammad], "Indeed, the former and the later peoples

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 4 words

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 20 letters · āyah 49 of 96

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 77:38 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ جَمَعْنَٰكُمْ وَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    This is the Day of Judgement; We will have assembled you and the former peoples.

  • Quran 6:22 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ نَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوٓا۟ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآؤُكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ

    And [mention, O Muhammad], the Day We will gather them all together; then We will say to those who associated others with Allah, "Where are your 'partners' that you used to claim…

  • Quran 37:18 · As-Saaffaatclose

    قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ

    Say, "Yes, and you will be [rendered] contemptible."

  • Quran 19:85 · Maryamclose

    يَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ إِلَى ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَفْدًا

    On the Day We will gather the righteous to the Most Merciful as a delegation

  • Quran 27:83 · An-Namlclose

    وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ فَوْجًا مِّمَّن يُكَذِّبُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ

    And [warn of] the Day when We will gather from every nation a company of those who deny Our signs, and they will be [driven] in rows

  • Quran 15:10 · Al-Hijrclose

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples.

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-Lail 92:132 shared roots

    وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ

    أ-و-لأ-خ-ر

  • An-Najm 53:252 shared roots

    فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ

    أ-و-لأ-خ-ر

  • Ad-Dhuhaa 93:42 shared roots

    وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

    أ-و-لأ-خ-ر

  • Al-Muminoon 23:812 shared roots

    بَلْ قَالُوا۟ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

    أ-و-لق-و-ل

  • Taa-Haa 20:652 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ

    أ-و-لق-و-ل

  • Al-Qasas 28:702 shared roots

    وَهُوَ ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ فِى ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَلَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    أ-و-لأ-خ-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 56:49?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 56:49 include Quran 77:38 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), Quran 6:22 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 37:18 (Surah As-Saaffaat), and Quran 19:85 (Surah Maryam). For example, 77:38 reads: “This is the Day of Judgement; We will have assembled you and the former peoples.” 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 56:49 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 56:49 (Surah Al-Waaqia, The Inevitable) reads: “Say, [O Muhammad], "Indeed, the former and the later peoples”

Which surah is verse 56:49 in?

Quran 56:49 is āyah 49 of Surah Al-Waaqia (The Inevitable), chapter 56 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 96 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 56:49?

Tartīl presents Quran 56:49 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.