Surah Hud · Ayah 82·Makkī

82

فَلَمَّا عَلَيْهَا مِّن ﴿٨٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So when Our command came, We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of layered hard clay, [which were]

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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 · 9 roots in 9 of 12 words

Rarest here: ن-ض-د 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 23 points across 5 rule families

  • Ghunnah3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī12
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)4

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 56 letters · āyah 82 of 123

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.

  • فَجَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

    And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.

  • إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ

    Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.

  • فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

    So the shriek seized them at sunrise.

  • وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    And We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.

  • مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ

    Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."

  • 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

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 15:745 shared roots

    فَجَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

    س-ج-لم-ط-رس-ف-لح-ج-رع-ل-و

  • Al-Fil 105:42 shared roots

    تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

    س-ج-لح-ج-ر

  • Al-Anfaal 8:322 shared roots

    وَإِذْ قَالُوا۟ ٱللَّهُمَّ إِن كَانَ هَٰذَا هُوَ ٱلْحَقَّ مِنْ عِندِكَ فَأَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةً مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَوِ ٱئْتِنَا بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    م-ط-رح-ج-ر

  • As-Saaffaat 37:982 shared roots

    فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ

    س-ف-لج-ع-ل

  • Fussilat 41:292 shared roots

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَرِنَا ٱلَّذَيْنِ أَضَلَّانَا مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ نَجْعَلْهُمَا تَحْتَ أَقْدَامِنَا لِيَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ

    س-ف-لج-ع-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1902 shared roots

    فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُمَا صَٰلِحًا جَعَلَا لَهُۥ شُرَكَآءَ فِيمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمَا فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

    ع-ل-وج-ع-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 11:82?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 11:82 include Quran 15:74 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 15:75 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 15:73 (Surah Al-Hijr), and Quran 7:84 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 15:74 reads: “And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.” 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 11:82 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 11:82 (Surah Hud, Hud) reads: “So when Our command came, We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of layered hard clay, [which were]”

Which surah is verse 11:82 in?

Quran 11:82 is āyah 82 of Surah Hud (Hud), chapter 11 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 123 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 11:82?

Tartīl presents Quran 11:82 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.