Surah Saba · Ayah 30·Makkī

30

لَّكُم لَّا عَنْهُ وَلَا ﴿٣٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Say, "For you is the appointment of a Day [when] you will not remain thereafter an hour, nor will you precede [it]."

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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 10 words

Recitation · 14 points across 6 rule families

  • Idghām shafawī1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)3
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 41 letters · āyah 30 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.

  • قُل لَّآ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِى ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

    Say, "I possess not for myself any harm or benefit except what Allah should will. For every nation is a [specified] term. When their time has come, then they will not remain…

  • قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَمَدًا

    Say, "I do not know if what you are promised is near or if my Lord will grant for it a [long] period."

  • هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    This is what you, [the righteous], are promised for the Day of Account.

  • هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

    [They will be told], "This is the Day of Judgement which you used to deny."

  • يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

    The Day when no relation will avail a relation at all, nor will they be helped -

  • فَكُلِى وَٱشْرَبِى وَقَرِّى عَيْنًا فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ ٱلْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِىٓ إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنسِيًّا

    So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.' "

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-Hijr 15:242 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَـْٔخِرِينَ

    ق-د-مأ-خ-ر

  • Al-A'raaf 7:343 shared roots

    وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

    س-و-عق-د-مأ-خ-ر

  • Al-Muddaththir 74:372 shared roots

    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

    ق-د-مأ-خ-ر

  • Al-Qiyaama 75:133 shared roots

    يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

    ق-د-مأ-خ-ري-و-م

  • Al-Infitaar 82:52 shared roots

    عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ

    ق-د-مأ-خ-ر

  • Qaaf 50:283 shared roots

    قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ

    ق-د-مو-ع-دق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 34:30?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 34:30 include Quran 10:49 (Surah Yunus), Quran 72:25 (Surah Al-Jinn), Quran 38:53 (Surah Saad), and Quran 37:21 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 10:49 reads: “Say, "I possess not for myself any harm or benefit except what Allah should will. For every nation is a [specified] term. When their time has come, then they will not remain…” 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 34:30 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 34:30 (Surah Saba, Sheba) reads: “Say, "For you is the appointment of a Day [when] you will not remain thereafter an hour, nor will you precede [it]."”

Which surah is verse 34:30 in?

Quran 34:30 is āyah 30 of Surah Saba (Sheba), chapter 34 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 54 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 34:30?

Tartīl presents Quran 34:30 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.