Surah An-Naba · Ayah 14·Makkī

14

مِنَ ﴿١٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 5 words

Rarest here: ث-ج-ج used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 8 points across 4 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 24 letters · āyah 14 of 40

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.

  • وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَٰرَكًا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتٍ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ

    And We have sent down blessed rain from the sky and made grow thereby gardens and grain from the harvest

  • تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ

    Giving insight and a reminder for every servant who turns [to Allah].

  • وَٱلنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌ

    And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -

  • ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

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

  • وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا جَنَّٰتٍ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَٰبٍ وَفَجَّرْنَا فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْعُيُونِ

    And We placed therein gardens of palm trees and grapevines and caused to burst forth therefrom some springs -

  • ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ

    Is it you who brought it down from the clouds, or is it We who bring it 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.

  • Al-Muminoon 23:182 shared roots

    وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۢ بِقَدَرٍ فَأَسْكَنَّٰهُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰ ذَهَابٍۭ بِهِۦ لَقَٰدِرُونَ

    م-و-هن-ز-ل

  • An-Nahl 16:652 shared roots

    وَٱللَّهُ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَآ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ

    م-و-هن-ز-ل

  • An-Nahl 16:102 shared roots

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً لَّكُم مِّنْهُ شَرَابٌ وَمِنْهُ شَجَرٌ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ

    م-و-هن-ز-ل

  • Al-Furqaan 25:482 shared roots

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً طَهُورًا

    م-و-هن-ز-ل

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:112 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۢ بِقَدَرٍ فَأَنشَرْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا كَذَٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ

    م-و-هن-ز-ل

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:632 shared roots

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّن نَّزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهَا لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

    م-و-هن-ز-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 78:14?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 78:14 include Quran 50:9 (Surah Qaaf), Quran 50:8 (Surah Qaaf), Quran 50:10 (Surah Qaaf), and Quran 80:26 (Surah Abasa). For example, 50:9 reads: “And We have sent down blessed rain from the sky and made grow thereby gardens and grain from the harvest” 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 78:14 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 78:14 (Surah An-Naba, The Announcement) reads: “And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water”

Which surah is verse 78:14 in?

Quran 78:14 is āyah 14 of Surah An-Naba (The Announcement), chapter 78 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 40 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 78:14?

Tartīl presents Quran 78:14 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.