Surah Saba · Ayah 53·Makkī

53

وَقَدْ بِهِۦ مِن مِن ﴿٥٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they had already disbelieved in it before and would assault the unseen from a place far away.

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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 10 words

Rarest here: ق-ذ-ف — 9× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 13 points across 6 rule families

  • Qalqalah3
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 38 letters · āyah 53 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 39:25 · Az-Zumarclose

    كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    Those before them denied, and punishment came upon them from where they did not perceive.

  • Quran 6:110 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَنُقَلِّبُ أَفْـِٔدَتَهُمْ وَأَبْصَٰرَهُمْ كَمَا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَنَذَرُهُمْ فِى طُغْيَٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

    And We will turn away their hearts and their eyes just as they refused to believe in it the first time. And We will leave them in their transgression, wandering blindly.

  • Quran 27:66 · An-Namlclose

    بَلِ ٱدَّٰرَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهَا بَلْ هُم مِّنْهَا عَمُونَ

    Rather, their knowledge is arrested concerning the Hereafter. Rather, they are in doubt about it. Rather, they are, concerning it, blind.

  • Quran 5:102 · Al-Maaidaclose

    قَدْ سَأَلَهَا قَوْمٌ مِّن قَبْلِكُمْ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحُوا۟ بِهَا كَٰفِرِينَ

    A people asked such [questions] before you; then they became thereby disbelievers.

  • Quran 37:170 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَكَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

    But they disbelieved in it, so they are going to know.

  • Quran 52:42 · At-Turclose

    أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ

    Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.

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.

  • Saba 34:482 shared roots

    قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّى يَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ

    ق-ذ-فغ-ي-ب

  • Saba 34:482 shared roots

    قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّى يَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ

    ق-ذ-فغ-ي-ب

  • Al-A'raaf 7:72 shared roots

    فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ عَلَيْهِم بِعِلْمٍ وَمَا كُنَّا غَآئِبِينَ

    غ-ي-بك-و-ن

  • Hud 11:493 shared roots

    تِلْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهَآ إِلَيْكَ مَا كُنتَ تَعْلَمُهَآ أَنتَ وَلَا قَوْمُكَ مِن قَبْلِ هَٰذَا فَٱصْبِرْ إِنَّ ٱلْعَٰقِبَةَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

    غ-ي-بق-ب-لك-و-ن

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:903 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بَعْدَ إِيمَٰنِهِمْ ثُمَّ ٱزْدَادُوا۟ كُفْرًا لَّن تُقْبَلَ تَوْبَتُهُمْ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلضَّآلُّونَ

    ب-ع-دق-ب-لك-ف-ر

  • Maryam 19:612 shared roots

    جَنَّٰتِ عَدْنٍ ٱلَّتِى وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ عِبَادَهُۥ بِٱلْغَيْبِ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَأْتِيًّا

    غ-ي-بك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 34:53?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 34:53 include Quran 39:25 (Surah Az-Zumar), Quran 6:110 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 27:66 (Surah An-Naml), and Quran 5:102 (Surah Al-Maaida). For example, 39:25 reads: “Those before them denied, and punishment came upon them from where they did not perceive.” 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 34:53 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 34:53 (Surah Saba, Sheba) reads: “And they had already disbelieved in it before and would assault the unseen from a place far away.”

Which surah is verse 34:53 in?

Quran 34:53 is āyah 53 of Surah Saba (Sheba), chapter 34 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 54 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 34:53?

Tartīl presents Quran 34:53 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.