Surah Al-Hajj · Ayah 45·Madanī

45

فَكَأَيِّن مِّن وَهِىَ فَهِىَ عَلَىٰ ﴿٤٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace.

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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 · 9 roots in 9 of 14 words

Rarest here: ب-أ-ر — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 22 points across 4 rule families

  • Idghām (with ghunnah)8
  • Ghunnah3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Heavy rāʾ3

Commentary

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

Shape

14 words · 60 letters · āyah 45 of 78

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 7:4 · Al-A'raafvery close

    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.

  • Quran 28:58 · Al-Qasasvery close

    وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍۭ بَطِرَتْ مَعِيشَتَهَا فَتِلْكَ مَسَٰكِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْكَن مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا وَكُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ

    And how many a city have We destroyed that was insolent in its [way of] living, and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except briefly. And it is We…

  • Quran 21:11 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ

    And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.

  • Quran 47:13 · Muhammadclose

    وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ هِىَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِّن قَرْيَتِكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَخْرَجَتْكَ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمْ

    And how many a city was stronger than your city [Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them.

  • Quran 17:58 · Al-Israaclose

    وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَسْطُورًا

    And there is no city but that We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment. That has ever been in the Register inscribed.

  • Quran 11:100 · Hudclose

    ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّهُۥ عَلَيْكَ مِنْهَا قَآئِمٌ وَحَصِيدٌ

    That is from the news of the cities, which We relate to you; of them, some are [still] standing and some are [as] a harvest [mowed down].

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.

  • An-Naml 27:522 shared roots

    فَتِلْكَ بُيُوتُهُمْ خَاوِيَةًۢ بِمَا ظَلَمُوٓا۟ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

    خ-و-يظ-ل-م

  • Al-Kahf 18:593 shared roots

    وَتِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا

    ق-ر-يه-ل-كظ-ل-م

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:62 shared roots

    مَآ ءَامَنَتْ قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَآ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ق-ر-يه-ل-ك

  • Al-Hijr 15:42 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

    ق-ر-يه-ل-ك

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:2082 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

    ق-ر-يه-ل-ك

  • Hud 11:1173 shared roots

    وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ

    ق-ر-يه-ل-كظ-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 22:45?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 22:45 include Quran 7:4 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 28:58 (Surah Al-Qasas), Quran 21:11 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 47:13 (Surah Muhammad). For example, 7:4 reads: “And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon.” 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 22:45 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 22:45 (Surah Al-Hajj, The Pilgrimage) reads: “And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace.”

Which surah is verse 22:45 in?

Quran 22:45 is āyah 45 of Surah Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage), chapter 22 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 78 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 22:45?

Tartīl presents Quran 22:45 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.