Surah Nooh · Ayah 4·Makkī

4

لَكُم مِّن إِلَىٰٓ إِنَّ إِذَا لَا لَوْ ﴿٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Allah will forgive you of your sins and delay you for a specified term. Indeed, the time [set by] Allah, when it comes, will not be delayed, if you only knew.' "

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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 · 9 roots in 11 of 18 words

Recitation · 20 points across 7 rule families

  • Idghām shafawī4
  • Ghunnah4
  • Ikhfāʾ4
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

18 words · 65 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 4 of 28

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 48:2 · Al-Fathvery close

    لِّيَغْفِرَ لَكَ ٱللَّهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِن ذَنۢبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ وَيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكَ وَيَهْدِيَكَ صِرَٰطًا مُّسْتَقِيمًا

    That Allah may forgive for you what preceded of your sin and what will follow and complete His favor upon you and guide you to a straight path

  • Quran 18:24 · Al-Kahfvery close

    إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّى لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَٰذَا رَشَدًا

    Except [when adding], "If Allah wills." And remember your Lord when you forget [it] and say, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to what is nearer than this to right conduct."

  • Quran 41:43 · Fussilatvery close

    مَّا يُقَالُ لَكَ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ قِيلَ لِلرُّسُلِ مِن قَبْلِكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغْفِرَةٍ وَذُو عِقَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    Nothing is said to you, [O Muhammad], except what was already said to the messengers before you. Indeed, your Lord is a possessor of forgiveness and a possessor of painful penalty.

  • Quran 38:81 · Saadvery close

    إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ

    Until the Day of the time well-known."

  • Quran 63:11 · Al-Munaafiqoonvery close

    وَلَن يُؤَخِّرَ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهَا وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

    But never will Allah delay a soul when its time has come. And Allah is Acquainted with what you do.

  • Quran 12:92 · Yusufvery close

    قَالَ لَا تَثْرِيبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ يَغْفِرُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

    He said, "No blame will there be upon you today. Allah will forgive you; and He is the most merciful of the merciful."

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-Munaafiqoon 63:114 shared roots

    وَلَن يُؤَخِّرَ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهَا وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

    أ-ج-لأ-خ-رج-ي-أأ-ل-ه

  • Ibrahim 14:105 shared roots

    قَالَتْ رُسُلُهُمْ أَفِى ٱللَّهِ شَكٌّ فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يَدْعُوكُمْ لِيَغْفِرَ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرَكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى قَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا تُرِيدُونَ أَن تَصُدُّونَا عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا فَأْتُونَا بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ذ-ن-بأ-ج-لغ-ف-رأ-خ-رس-م-و

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:314 shared roots

    قُلْ إِن كُنتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱللَّهَ فَٱتَّبِعُونِى يُحْبِبْكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    ذ-ن-بغ-ف-رك-و-نأ-ل-ه

  • Hud 11:1042 shared roots

    وَمَا نُؤَخِّرُهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِأَجَلٍ مَّعْدُودٍ

    أ-ج-لأ-خ-ر

  • Muhammad 47:194 shared roots

    فَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ وَٱسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنۢبِكَ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مُتَقَلَّبَكُمْ وَمَثْوَىٰكُمْ

    ذ-ن-بغ-ف-رع-ل-مأ-ل-ه

  • Yusuf 12:973 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَا ٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا خَٰطِـِٔينَ

    ذ-ن-بغ-ف-رك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 71:4?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 71:4 include Quran 48:2 (Surah Al-Fath), Quran 18:24 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 41:43 (Surah Fussilat), and Quran 38:81 (Surah Saad). For example, 48:2 reads: “That Allah may forgive for you what preceded of your sin and what will follow and complete His favor upon you and guide you to a straight path” 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 71:4 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 71:4 (Surah Nooh, Noah) reads: “Allah will forgive you of your sins and delay you for a specified term. Indeed, the time [set by] Allah, when it comes, will not be delayed, if you only knew.' "”

Which surah is verse 71:4 in?

Quran 71:4 is āyah 4 of Surah Nooh (Noah), chapter 71 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 28 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 71:4?

Tartīl presents Quran 71:4 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.