Surah Saad · Ayah 12·Makkī

12

نُوحٍ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو ﴿١٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] 'Aad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,

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Tafsīr

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 8 words

Rarest here: و-ت-د — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 9 points across 5 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 34 letters · 3 proper nouns · āyah 12 of 88

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 50:12 · Qaafvery close

    كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ

    The people of Noah denied before them, and the companions of the well and Thamud

  • Quran 50:13 · Qaafvery close

    وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍ

    And 'Aad and Pharaoh and the brothers of Lot

  • Quran 22:42 · Al-Hajjvery close

    وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَثَمُودُ

    And if they deny you, [O Muhammad] - so, before them, did the people of Noah and 'Aad and Thamud deny [their prophets],

  • Quran 54:9 · Al-Qamarvery close

    كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ

    The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.

  • Quran 51:46 · Adh-Dhaariyatvery close

    وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ

    And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

  • Quran 53:51 · An-Najmvery close

    وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ

    And Thamud - and He did not spare [them] -

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 38:12?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 38:12 include Quran 50:12 (Surah Qaaf), Quran 50:13 (Surah Qaaf), Quran 22:42 (Surah Al-Hajj), and Quran 54:9 (Surah Al-Qamar). For example, 50:12 reads: “The people of Noah denied before them, and the companions of the well and Thamud” 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 38:12 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 38:12 (Surah Saad, The letter Saad) reads: “The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] 'Aad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,”

Which surah is verse 38:12 in?

Quran 38:12 is āyah 12 of Surah Saad (The letter Saad), chapter 38 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 88 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 38:12?

Tartīl presents Quran 38:12 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.