Surah Qaaf · Ayah 4·Makkī

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قَدْ مَا مِنْهُمْ ﴿٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

We know what the earth diminishes of them, and with Us is a retaining record.

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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 9 words

Rarest here: ن-ق-ص — 10× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 13 points across 5 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Ikhfāʾ4
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 35 letters · āyah 4 of 45

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 23:18 · Al-Muminoonclose

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

    And We have sent down rain from the sky in a measured amount and settled it in the earth. And indeed, We are Able to take it away.

  • Quran 15:21 · Al-Hijrrelated

    وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَآئِنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

    And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known measure.

  • Quran 36:12 · Yaseenrelated

    إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا۟ وَءَاثَٰرَهُمْ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ فِىٓ إِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ

    Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register.

  • Quran 78:5 · An-Nabarelated

    ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

    Then, no! They are going to know.

  • Quran 36:76 · Yaseenrelated

    فَلَا يَحْزُنكَ قَوْلُهُمْ إِنَّا نَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ

    So let not their speech grieve you. Indeed, We know what they conceal and what they declare.

  • Quran 54:52 · Al-Qamarrelated

    وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ

    And everything they did is in written records.

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.

  • Yusuf 12:553 shared roots

    قَالَ ٱجْعَلْنِى عَلَىٰ خَزَآئِنِ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِنِّى حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٌ

    ح-ف-ظأ-ر-ضع-ل-م

  • Ar-Ra'd 13:412 shared roots

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا نَأْتِى ٱلْأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا وَٱللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ لَا مُعَقِّبَ لِحُكْمِهِۦ وَهُوَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    ن-ق-صأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Qalam 68:472 shared roots

    أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

    ع-ن-دك-ت-ب

  • At-Tur 52:412 shared roots

    أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

    ع-ن-دك-ت-ب

  • Faatir 35:113 shared roots

    وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِۦ وَمَا يُعَمَّرُ مِن مُّعَمَّرٍ وَلَا يُنقَصُ مِنْ عُمُرِهِۦٓ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

    ن-ق-صك-ت-بع-ل-م

  • Taa-Haa 20:523 shared roots

    قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى فِى كِتَٰبٍ لَّا يَضِلُّ رَبِّى وَلَا يَنسَى

    ع-ن-دك-ت-بع-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 50:4?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 50:4 include Quran 23:18 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 15:21 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 36:12 (Surah Yaseen), and Quran 78:5 (Surah An-Naba). For example, 23:18 reads: “And We have sent down rain from the sky in a measured amount and settled it in the earth. And indeed, We are Able to take it away.” 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 50:4 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 50:4 (Surah Qaaf, The letter Qaaf) reads: “We know what the earth diminishes of them, and with Us is a retaining record.”

Which surah is verse 50:4 in?

Quran 50:4 is āyah 4 of Surah Qaaf (The letter Qaaf), chapter 50 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 45 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 50:4?

Tartīl presents Quran 50:4 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.