Surah Ar-Ra'd · Ayah 40·Madanī

40

وَإِن مَّا ٱلَّذِى أَوْ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْنَا ﴿٤٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And whether We show you part of what We promise them or take you in death, upon you is only the [duty of] notification, and upon Us is the account.

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 13 words

Recitation · 15 points across 6 rule families

  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Ghunnah4
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām qamariyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

13 words · 57 letters · āyah 40 of 43

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.

  • أَوْ نُرِيَنَّكَ ٱلَّذِى وَعَدْنَٰهُمْ فَإِنَّا عَلَيْهِم مُّقْتَدِرُونَ

    Or whether [or not] We show you that which We have promised them, indeed, We are Perfect in Ability.

  • وَمَا عَلَيْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

    And we are not responsible except for clear notification."

  • إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُۥ مِن نَّفَادٍ

    Indeed, this is Our provision; for it there is no depletion.

  • عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا

    As justification or warning,

  • رَبِّ فَلَا تَجْعَلْنِى فِى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    My Lord, then do not place me among the wrongdoing people."

  • ثُمَّ نُنَجِّى رُسُلَنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نُنجِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    Then We will save our messengers and those who have believed. Thus, it is an obligation upon Us that We save the believers

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-Ghaafir 40:774 shared roots

    فَٱصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى نَعِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ

    و-ف-يب-ع-ضو-ع-در-أ-ي

  • Yunus 10:464 shared roots

    وَإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى نَعِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ ثُمَّ ٱللَّهُ شَهِيدٌ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ

    و-ف-يب-ع-ضو-ع-در-أ-ي

  • Saad 38:532 shared roots

    هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    ح-س-بو-ع-د

  • Al-Muminoon 23:932 shared roots

    قُل رَّبِّ إِمَّا تُرِيَنِّى مَا يُوعَدُونَ

    و-ع-در-أ-ي

  • Al-Balad 90:72 shared roots

    أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

    ح-س-بر-أ-ي

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:422 shared roots

    أَوْ نُرِيَنَّكَ ٱلَّذِى وَعَدْنَٰهُمْ فَإِنَّا عَلَيْهِم مُّقْتَدِرُونَ

    و-ع-در-أ-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 13:40?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 13:40 include Quran 43:42 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 36:17 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 38:54 (Surah Saad), and Quran 77:6 (Surah Al-Mursalaat). For example, 43:42 reads: “Or whether [or not] We show you that which We have promised them, indeed, We are Perfect in Ability.” 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 13:40 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 13:40 (Surah Ar-Ra'd, The Thunder) reads: “And whether We show you part of what We promise them or take you in death, upon you is only the [duty of] notification, and upon Us is the account.”

Which surah is verse 13:40 in?

Quran 13:40 is āyah 40 of Surah Ar-Ra'd (The Thunder), chapter 13 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 43 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 13:40?

Tartīl presents Quran 13:40 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.