Surah Fussilat · Ayah 4·Makkī

4

فَهُمْ لَا ﴿٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

As a giver of good tidings and a warner; but most of them turn away, so they do not hear.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 7 words

Recitation · 12 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Heavy rāʾ4
  • Iẓhār shafawī2

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 33 letters · āyah 4 of 54

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 21:1 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُونَ

    [The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.

  • Quran 54:5 · Al-Qamarclose

    حِكْمَةٌۢ بَٰلِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ

    Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].

  • Quran 74:49 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

    Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away

  • Quran 26:5 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ

    And no revelation comes to them anew from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it.

  • Quran 73:10 · Al-Muzzammilclose

    وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيلًا

    And be patient over what they say and avoid them with gracious avoidance.

  • Quran 7:198 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَا يَسْمَعُوا۟ وَتَرَىٰهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

    And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see them looking at you while they do not see.

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-Muddaththir 74:362 shared roots

    نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ

    ن-ذ-رب-ش-ر

  • Al-Furqaan 25:562 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا

    ن-ذ-رب-ش-ر

  • Hud 11:22 shared roots

    أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ إِنَّنِى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ وَبَشِيرٌ

    ن-ذ-رب-ش-ر

  • Saba 34:283 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا كَآفَّةً لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    ن-ذ-رب-ش-رك-ث-ر

  • Al-Fath 48:82 shared roots

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ شَٰهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا

    ن-ذ-رب-ش-ر

  • Al-Anfaal 8:232 shared roots

    وَلَوْ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًا لَّأَسْمَعَهُمْ وَلَوْ أَسْمَعَهُمْ لَتَوَلَّوا۟ وَّهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

    ع-ر-ضس-م-ع

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 41:4?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 41:4 include Quran 21:1 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 54:5 (Surah Al-Qamar), Quran 74:49 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), and Quran 26:5 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 21:1 reads: “[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.” 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 41:4 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 41:4 (Surah Fussilat, Explained in detail) reads: “As a giver of good tidings and a warner; but most of them turn away, so they do not hear.”

Which surah is verse 41:4 in?

Quran 41:4 is āyah 4 of Surah Fussilat (Explained in detail), chapter 41 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 54 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 41:4?

Tartīl presents Quran 41:4 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.