Surah Al-Hijr · Ayah 74·Makkī

74

عَلَيْهِمْ مِّن ﴿٧٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

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

Compare all 34 translations →

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 · 6 roots in 6 of 8 words

Rarest here: س-ج-ل — 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 14 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 40 letters · āyah 74 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 11:82 · Hudvery close

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍ

    So when Our command came, We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of layered hard clay, [which were]

  • Quran 105:5 · Al-Filclose

    فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

    And He made them like eaten straw.

  • Quran 7:84 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    And We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.

  • Quran 54:34 · Al-Qamarrelated

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ نَّجَّيْنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ

    Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn

  • Quran 51:34 · Adh-Dhaariyatrelated

    مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ

    Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."

  • Quran 80:26 · Abasarelated

    ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

    Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

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.

  • Hud 11:825 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍ

    س-ج-لم-ط-رس-ف-لح-ج-رع-ل-و

  • Al-Fil 105:42 shared roots

    تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

    س-ج-لح-ج-ر

  • Al-Anfaal 8:322 shared roots

    وَإِذْ قَالُوا۟ ٱللَّهُمَّ إِن كَانَ هَٰذَا هُوَ ٱلْحَقَّ مِنْ عِندِكَ فَأَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةً مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَوِ ٱئْتِنَا بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    م-ط-رح-ج-ر

  • As-Saaffaat 37:982 shared roots

    فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ

    س-ف-لج-ع-ل

  • Fussilat 41:292 shared roots

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَرِنَا ٱلَّذَيْنِ أَضَلَّانَا مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ نَجْعَلْهُمَا تَحْتَ أَقْدَامِنَا لِيَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ

    س-ف-لج-ع-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1902 shared roots

    فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُمَا صَٰلِحًا جَعَلَا لَهُۥ شُرَكَآءَ فِيمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمَا فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

    ع-ل-وج-ع-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 15:74?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 15:74 include Quran 11:82 (Surah Hud), Quran 105:5 (Surah Al-Fil), Quran 7:84 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 54:34 (Surah Al-Qamar). For example, 11:82 reads: “So when Our command came, We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of layered hard clay, [which were]” 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 15:74 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 15:74 (Surah Al-Hijr, The Rock) reads: “And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.”

Which surah is verse 15:74 in?

Quran 15:74 is āyah 74 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 15:74?

Tartīl presents Quran 15:74 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.