Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 130·Makkī

130

وَلَقَدْ فِرْعَوْنَ مِّنَ لَعَلَّهُمْ ﴿١٣٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We certainly seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits that perhaps they would be reminded.

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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

Rarest here: ن-ق-ص — 10× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 13 points across 7 rule families

  • Qalqalah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 47 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 130 of 206

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 44:32 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds.

  • Quran 2:49 · Al-Baqaraclose

    وَإِذْ نَجَّيْنَٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ

    And [recall] when We saved your forefathers from the people of Pharaoh, who afflicted you with the worst torment, slaughtering your [newborn] sons and keeping your females alive…

  • Quran 28:6 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَنُمَكِّنَ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَنُرِىَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَحْذَرُونَ

    And establish them in the land and show Pharaoh and [his minister] Haman and their soldiers through them that which they had feared.

  • Quran 73:16 · Al-Muzzammilclose

    فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًا

    But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.

  • Quran 7:137 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَأَوْرَثْنَا ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ مَشَٰرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَغَٰرِبَهَا ٱلَّتِى بَٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ وَدَمَّرْنَا مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِرْعَوْنُ وَقَوْمُهُۥ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْرِشُونَ

    And We caused the people who had been oppressed to inherit the eastern regions of the land and the western ones, which We had blessed. And the good word of your Lord was fulfilled…

  • Quran 12:72 · Yusufrelated

    قَالُوا۟ نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٌ

    They said, "We are missing the measure of the king. And for he who produces it is [the reward of] a camel's load, and I am responsible for it."

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-Baqara 2:1552 shared roots

    وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَىْءٍ مِّنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ

    ن-ق-صث-م-ر

  • As-Saaffaat 37:1682 shared roots

    لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    أ-و-لذ-ك-ر

  • Al-Waaqia 56:622 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    أ-و-لذ-ك-ر

  • Al-Insaan 76:292 shared roots

    إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا

    أ-خ-ذذ-ك-ر

  • Al-Muzzammil 73:192 shared roots

    إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا

    أ-خ-ذذ-ك-ر

  • An-Nahl 16:672 shared roots

    وَمِن ثَمَرَٰتِ ٱلنَّخِيلِ وَٱلْأَعْنَٰبِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ سَكَرًا وَرِزْقًا حَسَنًا إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

    ث-م-رأ-خ-ذ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:130?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:130 include Quran 44:32 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), Quran 2:49 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 28:6 (Surah Al-Qasas), and Quran 73:16 (Surah Al-Muzzammil). For example, 44:32 reads: “And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds.” 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 7:130 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:130 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “And We certainly seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits that perhaps they would be reminded.”

Which surah is verse 7:130 in?

Quran 7:130 is āyah 130 of Surah Al-A'raaf (The Heights), chapter 7 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 206 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 7:130?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:130 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.