Surah Al-Qamar · Ayah 34·Makkī

34

إِنَّآ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّآ لُوطٍ ﴿٣٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

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

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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

Rarest here: ح-ص-ب 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 12 points across 5 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 38 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 34 of 55

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.

  • وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ

    And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.

  • ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

    Then We destroyed the others.

  • إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    Except the family of Lot; indeed, we will save them all

  • فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

    So the shriek seized them at sunrise.

  • إِذْ نَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

    [So mention] when We saved him and his family, all,

  • إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

    Except an old woman among those who remained behind.

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-Mulk 67:172 shared roots

    أَمْ أَمِنتُم مَّن فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ نَذِيرِ

    ح-ص-بر-س-ل

  • Al-Hijr 15:592 shared roots

    إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    ن-ج-وأ-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:453 shared roots

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِى نَجَا مِنْهُمَا وَٱدَّكَرَ بَعْدَ أُمَّةٍ أَنَا۠ أُنَبِّئُكُم بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ فَأَرْسِلُونِ

    ن-ج-وأ-و-لر-س-ل

  • Yunus 10:1032 shared roots

    ثُمَّ نُنَجِّى رُسُلَنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نُنجِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    ن-ج-ور-س-ل

  • Al-Israa 17:682 shared roots

    أَفَأَمِنتُمْ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَكِيلًا

    ح-ص-بر-س-ل

  • Al-Israa 17:472 shared roots

    نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَىٰٓ إِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا

    س-ح-رن-ج-و

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 54:34?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 54:34 include Quran 15:82 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 26:172 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 15:59 (Surah Al-Hijr), and Quran 15:73 (Surah Al-Hijr). For example, 15:82 reads: “And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.” 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 54:34 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 54:34 (Surah Al-Qamar, The Moon) reads: “Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn”

Which surah is verse 54:34 in?

Quran 54:34 is āyah 34 of Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon), chapter 54 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 55 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 54:34?

Tartīl presents Quran 54:34 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.