Surah Adh-Dhaariyat · Ayah 45·Makkī

45

فَمَا مِن وَمَا ﴿٤٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 7 words

Recitation · 12 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 31 letters · āyah 45 of 60

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 18:97 · Al-Kahfclose

    فَمَا ٱسْطَٰعُوٓا۟ أَن يَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ لَهُۥ نَقْبًا

    So Gog and Magog were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration.

  • Quran 7:192 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْرًا وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ

    And the false deities are unable to [give] them help, nor can they help themselves.

  • Quran 43:75 · Az-Zukhrufrelated

    لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ

    It will not be allowed to subside for them, and they, therein, are in despair.

  • Quran 30:49 · Ar-Roomrelated

    وَإِن كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِم مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمُبْلِسِينَ

    Although they were, before it was sent down upon them - before that, in despair.

  • Quran 29:37 · Al-Ankabootrelated

    فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

    But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

  • Quran 36:67 · Yaseenrelated

    وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ

    And if We willed, We could have deformed them, [paralyzing them] in their places so they would not be able to proceed, nor could they return.

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-A'raaf 7:1922 shared roots

    وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْرًا وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ

    ط-و-عن-ص-ر

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1972 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ

    ط-و-عن-ص-ر

  • Yaseen 36:752 shared roots

    لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُندٌ مُّحْضَرُونَ

    ط-و-عن-ص-ر

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:432 shared roots

    أَمْ لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ تَمْنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَا لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصْحَبُونَ

    ط-و-عن-ص-ر

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:302 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

    ن-ص-رق-و-م

  • Al-Furqaan 25:192 shared roots

    فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوكُم بِمَا تَقُولُونَ فَمَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ صَرْفًا وَلَا نَصْرًا وَمَن يَظْلِم مِّنكُمْ نُذِقْهُ عَذَابًا كَبِيرًا

    ط-و-عن-ص-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 51:45?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 51:45 include Quran 18:97 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 7:192 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 43:75 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), and Quran 30:49 (Surah Ar-Room). For example, 18:97 reads: “So Gog and Magog were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration.” 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 51:45 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 51:45 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat, The Winnowing Winds) reads: “And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.”

Which surah is verse 51:45 in?

Quran 51:45 is āyah 45 of Surah Adh-Dhaariyat (The Winnowing Winds), chapter 51 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 60 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 51:45?

Tartīl presents Quran 51:45 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.