Surah Al-Alaq · Ayah 5·Makkī

5

مَا لَمْ ﴿٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Taught man that which he knew not.

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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 · 2 roots in 3 of 5 words

Recitation · 5 points across 4 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 17 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 62:2 · Al-Jumu'aclose

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ فِى ٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَ رَسُولًا مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَإِن كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    It is He who has sent among the unlettered a Messenger from themselves reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book and wisdom - although they were…

  • Quran 53:4 · An-Najmclose

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ

    It is not but a revelation revealed,

  • Quran 80:16 · Abasaclose

    كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ

    Noble and dutiful.

  • Quran 70:18 · Al-Ma'aarijclose

    وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ

    And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

  • Quran 90:12 · Al-Baladclose

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

    And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

  • Quran 26:153 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ

    They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

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-Mutaffifin 83:62 shared roots

    يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    أ-ن-سع-ل-م

  • Ar-Room 30:62 shared roots

    وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱللَّهُ وَعْدَهُۥ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    أ-ن-سع-ل-م

  • Al-Baqara 2:132 shared roots

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ ءَامِنُوا۟ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلنَّاسُ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ وَلَٰكِن لَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

    أ-ن-سع-ل-م

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:572 shared roots

    لَخَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    أ-ن-سع-ل-م

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:432 shared roots

    وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ وَمَا يَعْقِلُهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْعَٰلِمُونَ

    أ-ن-سع-ل-م

  • Al-Hajj 22:82 shared roots

    وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُجَٰدِلُ فِى ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَلَا هُدًى وَلَا كِتَٰبٍ مُّنِيرٍ

    أ-ن-سع-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 96:5?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 96:5 include Quran 62:2 (Surah Al-Jumu'a), Quran 53:4 (Surah An-Najm), Quran 80:16 (Surah Abasa), and Quran 70:18 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij). For example, 62:2 reads: “It is He who has sent among the unlettered a Messenger from themselves reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book and wisdom - although they were…” 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 96:5 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 96:5 (Surah Al-Alaq, The Clot) reads: “Taught man that which he knew not.”

Which surah is verse 96:5 in?

Quran 96:5 is āyah 5 of Surah Al-Alaq (The Clot), chapter 96 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 19 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 96:5?

Tartīl presents Quran 96:5 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.