Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 78·Makkī

78

فِى ﴿٧٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 6 words

Rarest here: ج-ث-م — 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 10 points across 5 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 32 letters · āyah 78 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 29:37 · Al-Ankabootvery close

    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 11:67 · Hudclose

    وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَٰرِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

    And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone

  • Quran 15:83 · Al-Hijrrelated

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

    But the shriek seized them at early morning.

  • Quran 68:20 · Al-Qalamrelated

    فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ

    And it became as though reaped.

  • Quran 34:51 · Sabarelated

    وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ فَزِعُوا۟ فَلَا فَوْتَ وَأُخِذُوا۟ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ

    And if you could see when they are terrified but there is no escape, and they will be seized from a place nearby.

  • Quran 51:45 · Adh-Dhaariyatrelated

    فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ

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

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:78?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:78 include Quran 29:37 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), Quran 11:67 (Surah Hud), Quran 15:83 (Surah Al-Hijr), and Quran 68:20 (Surah Al-Qalam). For example, 29:37 reads: “But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.” 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 7:78 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:78 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.”

Which surah is verse 7:78 in?

Quran 7:78 is āyah 78 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 7:78?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:78 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.