Surah Qaaf · Ayah 5·Makkī

5

بَلْ لَمَّا فَهُمْ فِىٓ ﴿٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

But they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a confused condition.

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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 9 words

Rarest here: م-ر-ج — 6× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 13 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ghunnah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Light rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 32 letters · āyah 5 of 45

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 6:5 · Al-An'aamclose

    فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    For they had denied the truth when it came to them, but there is going to reach them the news of what they used to ridicule.

  • Quran 6:28 · Al-An'aamclose

    بَلْ بَدَا لَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُخْفُونَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَوْ رُدُّوا۟ لَعَادُوا۟ لِمَا نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ

    But what they concealed before has [now] appeared to them. And even if they were returned, they would return to that which they were forbidden; and indeed, they are liars.

  • Quran 10:39 · Yunusclose

    بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِمَا لَمْ يُحِيطُوا۟ بِعِلْمِهِۦ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِهِمْ تَأْوِيلُهُۥ كَذَٰلِكَ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    Rather, they have denied that which they encompass not in knowledge and whose interpretation has not yet come to them. Thus did those before them deny. Then observe how was the…

  • Quran 34:54 · Sabaclose

    وَحِيلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِأَشْيَاعِهِم مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ فِى شَكٍّ مُّرِيبٍۭ

    And prevention will be placed between them and what they desire, as was done with their kind before. Indeed, they were in disquieting denial.

  • Quran 6:24 · Al-An'aamclose

    ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

    See how they will lie about themselves. And lost from them will be what they used to invent.

  • Quran 23:70 · Al-Muminoonclose

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ بِهِۦ جِنَّةٌۢ بَلْ جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَٰرِهُونَ

    Or do they say, "In him is madness?" Rather, he brought them the truth, but most of them, to the truth, are averse.

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-Muminoon 23:902 shared roots

    بَلْ أَتَيْنَٰهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ

    ك-ذ-بح-ق-ق

  • Al-An'aam 6:53 shared roots

    فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ك-ذ-بج-ي-أح-ق-ق

  • As-Saaffaat 37:372 shared roots

    بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ج-ي-أح-ق-ق

  • Az-Zumar 39:592 shared roots

    بَلَىٰ قَدْ جَآءَتْكَ ءَايَٰتِى فَكَذَّبْتَ بِهَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرْتَ وَكُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    ك-ذ-بج-ي-أ

  • Faatir 35:42 shared roots

    وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

    أ-م-رك-ذ-ب

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:302 shared roots

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا سِحْرٌ وَإِنَّا بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

    ج-ي-أح-ق-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 50:5?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 50:5 include Quran 6:5 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 6:28 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 10:39 (Surah Yunus), and Quran 34:54 (Surah Saba). For example, 6:5 reads: “For they had denied the truth when it came to them, but there is going to reach them the news of what they used to ridicule.” 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 50:5 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 50:5 (Surah Qaaf, The letter Qaaf) reads: “But they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a confused condition.”

Which surah is verse 50:5 in?

Quran 50:5 is āyah 5 of Surah Qaaf (The letter Qaaf), chapter 50 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 45 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 50:5?

Tartīl presents Quran 50:5 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.