Surah An-Naba · Ayah 5·Makkī

5

ثُمَّ كَلَّا ﴿٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Then, no! They are going to know.

Compare all 34 translations →

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 · 1 root in 1 of 3 words

Recitation · 3 points across 2 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 12 letters · āyah 5 of 40

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 77:24 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

  • Quran 26:7 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ

    Did they not look at the earth - how much We have produced therein from every noble kind?

  • Quran 36:32 · Yaseenclose

    وَإِن كُلٌّ لَّمَّا جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ

    And indeed, all of them will yet be brought present before Us.

  • Quran 18:47 · Al-Kahfclose

    وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ بَارِزَةً وَحَشَرْنَٰهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا

    And [warn of] the Day when We will remove the mountains and you will see the earth prominent, and We will gather them and not leave behind from them anyone.

  • Quran 81:14 · At-Takwirclose

    عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

    A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].

  • Quran 70:39 · Al-Ma'aarijclose

    كَلَّآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

    No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 78:5?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 78:5 include Quran 77:24 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), Quran 26:7 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 36:32 (Surah Yaseen), and Quran 18:47 (Surah Al-Kahf). For example, 77:24 reads: “Woe, that Day, to the deniers.” 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 78:5 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 78:5 (Surah An-Naba, The Announcement) reads: “Then, no! They are going to know.”

Which surah is verse 78:5 in?

Quran 78:5 is āyah 5 of Surah An-Naba (The Announcement), chapter 78 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 40 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 78:5?

Tartīl presents Quran 78:5 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.