Surah Al-A'laa · Ayah 5·Makkī

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Translation

Saheeh International

And [then] makes it black stubble.

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 3 words

Rarest here: ح-و-ي — 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 2 points across 2 rule families

  • Iẓhār1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 13 letters · āyah 5 of 19

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 75:16 · Al-Qiyaamaclose

    لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

    Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

  • Quran 3:58 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    ذَٰلِكَ نَتْلُوهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ وَٱلذِّكْرِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

    This is what We recite to you, [O Muhammad], of [Our] verses and the precise [and wise] message.

  • Quran 38:81 · Saadclose

    إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ

    Until the Day of the time well-known."

  • Quran 78:31 · An-Nabaclose

    إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

    Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

  • Quran 50:22 · Qaafclose

    لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ

    [It will be said], "You were certainly in unmindfulness of this, and We have removed from you your cover, so your sight, this Day, is sharp."

  • Quran 2:22 · Al-Baqaraclose

    ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فِرَٰشًا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزْقًا لَّكُمْ فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not…

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 23:412 shared roots

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ غُثَآءً فَبُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    غ-ث-وج-ع-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 87:5?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 87:5 include Quran 75:16 (Surah Al-Qiyaama), Quran 3:58 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 38:81 (Surah Saad), and Quran 78:31 (Surah An-Naba). For example, 75:16 reads: “Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.” 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 87:5 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 87:5 (Surah Al-A'laa, The Most High) reads: “And [then] makes it black stubble.”

Which surah is verse 87:5 in?

Quran 87:5 is āyah 5 of Surah Al-A'laa (The Most High), chapter 87 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 19 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 87:5?

Tartīl presents Quran 87:5 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.