Surah Saba · Ayah 13·Makkī

13

لَهُۥ مَا مِن دَاوُۥدَ مِّنْ ﴿١٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They made for him what he willed of elevated chambers, statues, bowls like reservoirs, and stationary kettles. [We said], "Work, O family of David, in gratitude." And few of My servants are grateful.

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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 · 12 roots in 14 of 19 words

Rarest here: ج-ف-ن — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 33 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī17
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)7
  • Ghunnah2
  • Light rāʾ5
  • Lām qamariyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

19 words · 84 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 13 of 54

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 38:30 · Saadclose

    وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُۥدَ سُلَيْمَٰنَ نِعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ

    And to David We gave Solomon. An excellent servant, indeed he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allah].

  • Quran 74:13 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا

    And children present [with him]

  • Quran 25:10 · Al-Furqaanclose

    تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِن شَآءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيْرًا مِّن ذَٰلِكَ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ وَيَجْعَل لَّكَ قُصُورًۢا

    Blessed is He who, if He willed, could have made for you [something] better than that - gardens beneath which rivers flow - and could make for you palaces.

  • Quran 17:3 · Al-Israaclose

    ذُرِّيَّةَ مَنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا

    O descendants of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah. Indeed, he was a grateful servant.

  • Quran 28:24 · Al-Qasasclose

    فَسَقَىٰ لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تَوَلَّىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلظِّلِّ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى لِمَآ أَنزَلْتَ إِلَىَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ

    So he watered [their flocks] for them; then he went back to the shade and said, "My Lord, indeed I am, for whatever good You would send down to me, in need."

  • Quran 18:77 · Al-Kahfrelated

    فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ ٱسْتَطْعَمَآ أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا۟ أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُۥ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا

    So they set out, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. And they found therein a wall about to…

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.

  • An-Nahl 16:1212 shared roots

    شَاكِرًا لِّأَنْعُمِهِ ٱجْتَبَىٰهُ وَهَدَىٰهُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

    ج-ب-يش-ك-ر

  • Al-Muminoon 23:812 shared roots

    بَلْ قَالُوا۟ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

    أ-و-لم-ث-ل

  • Az-Zumar 39:662 shared roots

    بَلِ ٱللَّهَ فَٱعْبُدْ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ

    ش-ك-رع-ب-د

  • As-Saaffaat 37:612 shared roots

    لِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَٰمِلُونَ

    م-ث-لع-م-ل

  • Yusuf 12:62 shared roots

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَجْتَبِيكَ رَبُّكَ وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ وَيُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰٓ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ كَمَآ أَتَمَّهَا عَلَىٰٓ أَبَوَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

    ج-ب-يأ-و-ل

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1653 shared roots

    أَوَلَمَّآ أَصَٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَدْ أَصَبْتُم مِّثْلَيْهَا قُلْتُمْ أَنَّىٰ هَٰذَا قُلْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ أَنفُسِكُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    ق-د-رم-ث-لش-ي-أ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 34:13?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 34:13 include Quran 38:30 (Surah Saad), Quran 74:13 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), Quran 25:10 (Surah Al-Furqaan), and Quran 17:3 (Surah Al-Israa). For example, 38:30 reads: “And to David We gave Solomon. An excellent servant, indeed he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allah].” 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 34:13 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 34:13 (Surah Saba, Sheba) reads: “They made for him what he willed of elevated chambers, statues, bowls like reservoirs, and stationary kettles. [We said], "Work, O family of David, in gratitude." And few of My servants are grateful.”

Which surah is verse 34:13 in?

Quran 34:13 is āyah 13 of Surah Saba (Sheba), chapter 34 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 54 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 34:13?

Tartīl presents Quran 34:13 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.