Surah Ash-Shams · Ayah 14·Makkī

14

عَلَيْهِمْ ﴿١٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 7 words

Rarest here: د-م-د-م used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 12 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Iqlāb1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 39 letters · āyah 14 of 15

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.

  • وَأَنزَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَٰهَرُوهُم مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مِن صَيَاصِيهِمْ وَقَذَفَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلرُّعْبَ فَرِيقًا تَقْتُلُونَ وَتَأْسِرُونَ فَرِيقًا

    And He brought down those who supported them among the People of the Scripture from their fortresses and cast terror into their hearts [so that] a party you killed, and you took…

  • قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ لَّيُصْبِحُنَّ نَٰدِمِينَ

    [Allah] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."

  • وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

    And there had certainly come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him; so punishment overtook them while they were wrongdoers.

  • فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

    And increased therein the corruption.

  • وَبِكُفْرِهِمْ وَقَوْلِهِمْ عَلَىٰ مَرْيَمَ بُهْتَٰنًا عَظِيمًا

    And [We cursed them] for their disbelief and their saying against Mary a great slander,

  • كَدَأْبِ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَكُلٌّ كَانُوا۟ ظَٰلِمِينَ

    [Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They denied the signs of their Lord, so We destroyed them for their sins, and We drowned the people…

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:982 shared roots

    إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    س-و-ير-ب-ب

  • Hud 11:652 shared roots

    فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ فِى دَارِكُمْ ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ذَٰلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍ

    ع-ق-رك-ذ-ب

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:402 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ وَٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرٌ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱللَّهُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ

    ع-ق-رر-ب-ب

  • Maryam 19:82 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌ وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ ٱلْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا

    ع-ق-رر-ب-ب

  • Al-A'raaf 7:772 shared roots

    فَعَقَرُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰصَٰلِحُ ٱئْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ع-ق-رر-ب-ب

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:162 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ

    ذ-ن-بر-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 91:14?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 91:14 include Quran 33:26 (Surah Al-Ahzaab), Quran 23:40 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 16:113 (Surah An-Nahl), and Quran 89:12 (Surah Al-Fajr). For example, 33:26 reads: “And He brought down those who supported them among the People of the Scripture from their fortresses and cast terror into their hearts [so that] a party you killed, and you took…” 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 91:14 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 91:14 (Surah Ash-Shams, The Sun) reads: “But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].”

Which surah is verse 91:14 in?

Quran 91:14 is āyah 14 of Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun), chapter 91 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 15 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 91:14?

Tartīl presents Quran 91:14 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.