Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 98·Makkī

98

أَن وَهُمْ ﴿٩٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 9 words

Rarest here: ض-ح-و 7× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 9 points across 5 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd munfaṣil3
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī2

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 38 letters · āyah 98 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.

  • مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ

    They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided.

  • وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

    And leave them for a time.

  • وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَا فَجَآءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَٰتًا أَوْ هُمْ قَآئِلُونَ

    And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon.

  • وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ

    And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.

  • أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

    So for Our punishment are they impatient?

  • كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا

    It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.

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 7:975 shared roots

    أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَٰتًا وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ

    ق-ر-يب-أ-سأ-ه-لأ-ت-يأ-م-ن

  • Al-A'raaf 7:975 shared roots

    أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَٰتًا وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ

    ق-ر-يب-أ-سأ-ه-لأ-ت-يأ-م-ن

  • Al-A'raaf 7:943 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّآ أَخَذْنَآ أَهْلَهَا بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ

    ق-ر-يب-أ-سأ-ه-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:943 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّآ أَخَذْنَآ أَهْلَهَا بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ

    ق-ر-يب-أ-سأ-ه-ل

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:22 shared roots

    مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحْدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسْتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

    ل-ع-بأ-ت-ي

  • Hud 11:1172 shared roots

    وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ

    ق-ر-يأ-ه-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:98?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:98 include Quran 26:207 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 37:178 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 7:4 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 15:82 (Surah Al-Hijr). For example, 26:207 reads: “They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided.” 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 7:98 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:98 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?”

Which surah is verse 7:98 in?

Quran 7:98 is āyah 98 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 7:98?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:98 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.