Surah Al-Fil · Ayah 5·Makkī

5

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Translation

Saheeh International

And He made them like eaten straw.

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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: ع-ص-ف — 7× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 4 points across 4 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 15 letters · āyah 5 of 5

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 15:74 · Al-Hijrclose

    فَجَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

    And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.

  • Quran 55:13 · Ar-Rahmaanrelated

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

  • Quran 87:4 · Al-A'laarelated

    وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

    And who brings out the pasture

  • Quran 37:94 · As-Saaffaatrelated

    فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ

    Then the people came toward him, hastening.

  • Quran 37:66 · As-Saaffaatrelated

    فَإِنَّهُمْ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

    And indeed, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies.

  • Quran 54:31 · Al-Qamarrelated

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ

    Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.

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-Ghaafir 40:792 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمَ لِتَرْكَبُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

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  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:82 shared roots

    وَمَا جَعَلْنَٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَٰلِدِينَ

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  • Al-Mulk 67:152 shared roots

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ ذَلُولًا فَٱمْشُوا۟ فِى مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِهِۦ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلنُّشُورُ

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  • Al-Furqaan 25:202 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةً أَتَصْبِرُونَ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرًا

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 105:5?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 105:5 include Quran 15:74 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 55:13 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan), Quran 87:4 (Surah Al-A'laa), and Quran 37:94 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 15:74 reads: “And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.” 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 105:5 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 105:5 (Surah Al-Fil, The Elephant) reads: “And He made them like eaten straw.”

Which surah is verse 105:5 in?

Quran 105:5 is āyah 5 of Surah Al-Fil (The Elephant), chapter 105 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 5 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 105:5?

Tartīl presents Quran 105:5 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.