Surah Al-Hijr · Ayah 66·Makkī

66

إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ﴿٦٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.

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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 9 words

Recitation · 13 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 40 letters · āyah 66 of 99

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 54:38 · Al-Qamarclose

    وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

    And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.

  • Quran 44:34 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ

    Indeed, these [disbelievers] are saying,

  • Quran 69:47 · Al-Haaqqaclose

    فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ

    And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.

  • Quran 46:25 · Al-Ahqafclose

    تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۭ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ لَا يُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَسَٰكِنُهُمْ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    Destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.

  • Quran 20:129 · Taa-Haarelated

    وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى

    And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord, punishment would have been an obligation [due immediately], and [if not for] a specified term [decreed].

  • Quran 18:59 · Al-Kahfrelated

    وَتِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا

    And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.

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-Naazi'aat 79:52 shared roots

    فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا

    د-ب-رأ-م-ر

  • Abasa 80:232 shared roots

    كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

    ق-ض-يأ-م-ر

  • Al-An'aam 6:452 shared roots

    فَقُطِعَ دَابِرُ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ق-ط-عد-ب-ر

  • Al-A'raaf 7:722 shared roots

    فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَقَطَعْنَا دَابِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

    ق-ط-عد-ب-ر

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:932 shared roots

    وَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ كُلٌّ إِلَيْنَا رَٰجِعُونَ

    ق-ط-عأ-م-ر

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:682 shared roots

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    ق-ض-يأ-م-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 15:66?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 15:66 include Quran 54:38 (Surah Al-Qamar), Quran 44:34 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), Quran 69:47 (Surah Al-Haaqqa), and Quran 46:25 (Surah Al-Ahqaf). For example, 54:38 reads: “And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.” 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 15:66 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 15:66 (Surah Al-Hijr, The Rock) reads: “And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.”

Which surah is verse 15:66 in?

Quran 15:66 is āyah 66 of Surah Al-Hijr (The Rock), chapter 15 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 99 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 15:66?

Tartīl presents Quran 15:66 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.