Surah Al-Hijr · Ayah 83·Makkī

83

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Translation

Saheeh International

But the shriek seized them at 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 · 3 roots in 3 of 3 words

Recitation · 2 points across 2 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 19 letters · āyah 83 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.

  • وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَٰرِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

    And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone

  • وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا وَإِذًا لَّا يَلْبَثُونَ خِلَٰفَكَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

    And indeed, they were about to drive you from the land to evict you therefrom. And then [when they do], they will not remain [there] after you, except for a little.

  • فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

    So the shriek seized them at sunrise.

  • مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ

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

  • 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

  • أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ

    [Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."

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 11:673 shared roots

    وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَٰرِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

    ص-ي-حص-ب-حأ-خ-ذ

  • Al-Hijr 15:732 shared roots

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

    ص-ي-حأ-خ-ذ

  • Al-Hijr 15:732 shared roots

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

    ص-ي-حأ-خ-ذ

  • Hud 11:943 shared roots

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا شُعَيْبًا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَأَخَذَتِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَٰرِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

    ص-ي-حص-ب-حأ-خ-ذ

  • Yaseen 36:492 shared roots

    مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ

    ص-ي-حأ-خ-ذ

  • Al-Muminoon 23:412 shared roots

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ غُثَآءً فَبُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    ص-ي-حأ-خ-ذ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 15:83?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 15:83 include Quran 11:67 (Surah Hud), Quran 17:76 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 15:73 (Surah Al-Hijr), and Quran 26:207 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 11:67 reads: “And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone” 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 15:83 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 15:83 (Surah Al-Hijr, The Rock) reads: “But the shriek seized them at early morning.”

Which surah is verse 15:83 in?

Quran 15:83 is āyah 83 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 15:83?

Tartīl presents Quran 15:83 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.