Surah Ar-Rahmaan · Ayah 14·Madanī

14

مِن ﴿١٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.

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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: ص-ل-ص-ل — 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 9 points across 4 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 22 letters · āyah 14 of 78

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 15:26 · Al-Hijrclose

    وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

    And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.

  • Quran 15:27 · Al-Hijrclose

    وَٱلْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ

    And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.

  • Quran 55:74 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ

    Untouched before them by man or jinni -

  • Quran 55:36 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

  • Quran 7:12 · Al-A'raafclose

    قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ

    [Allah] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

  • Quran 6:2 · Al-An'aamclose

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن طِينٍ ثُمَّ قَضَىٰٓ أَجَلًا وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى عِندَهُۥ ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ تَمْتَرُونَ

    It is He who created you from clay and then decreed a term and a specified time [known] to Him; then [still] you are in dispute.

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-Hijr 15:263 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

    ص-ل-ص-لخ-ل-قأ-ن-س

  • Al-Hijr 15:282 shared roots

    وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

    ص-ل-ص-لخ-ل-ق

  • Al-Hijr 15:332 shared roots

    قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

    ص-ل-ص-لخ-ل-ق

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:32 shared roots

    خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ

    خ-ل-قأ-ن-س

  • At-Taariq 86:52 shared roots

    فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

    خ-ل-قأ-ن-س

  • At-Tin 95:42 shared roots

    لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِىٓ أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ

    خ-ل-قأ-ن-س

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 55:14?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 55:14 include Quran 15:26 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 15:27 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 55:74 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan), and Quran 55:36 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan). For example, 15:26 reads: “And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.” 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 55:14 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 55:14 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan, The Beneficent) reads: “He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.”

Which surah is verse 55:14 in?

Quran 55:14 is āyah 14 of Surah Ar-Rahmaan (The Beneficent), chapter 55 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 78 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 55:14?

Tartīl presents Quran 55:14 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.