Surah Adh-Dhaariyat · Ayah 33·Makkī

33

عَلَيْهِمْ مِّن ﴿٣٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

To send down upon them stones of clay,

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 5 words

Recitation · 7 points across 5 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 20 letters · āyah 33 of 60

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 36:17 · Yaseenvery close

    وَمَا عَلَيْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

    And we are not responsible except for clear notification."

  • Quran 44:22 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ

    And [finally] he called to his Lord that these were a criminal people.

  • Quran 7:162 · Al-A'raafclose

    فَبَدَّلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ قَوْلًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِجْزًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَظْلِمُونَ

    But those who wronged among them changed [the words] to a statement other than that which had been said to them. So We sent upon them a punishment from the sky for the wrong that…

  • Quran 21:46 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

  • Quran 29:34 · Al-Ankabootclose

    إِنَّا مُنزِلُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ رِجْزًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

    Indeed, we will bring down on the people of this city punishment from the sky because they have been defiantly disobedient."

  • Quran 15:39 · Al-Hijrclose

    قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    [Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all

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 15:802 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْحِجْرِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ح-ج-رر-س-ل

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:492 shared roots

    وَرَسُولًا إِلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَنِّى قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ أَنِّىٓ أَخْلُقُ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطِّينِ كَهَيْـَٔةِ ٱلطَّيْرِ فَأَنفُخُ فِيهِ فَيَكُونُ طَيْرًۢا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَأُبْرِئُ ٱلْأَكْمَهَ وَٱلْأَبْرَصَ وَأُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا تَأْكُلُونَ وَمَا تَدَّخِرُونَ فِى بُيُوتِكُمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    ط-ي-نر-س-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 51:33?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 51:33 include Quran 36:17 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 44:22 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), Quran 7:162 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 21:46 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa). For example, 36:17 reads: “And we are not responsible except for clear notification."” 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 51:33 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 51:33 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat, The Winnowing Winds) reads: “To send down upon them stones of clay,”

Which surah is verse 51:33 in?

Quran 51:33 is āyah 33 of Surah Adh-Dhaariyat (The Winnowing Winds), chapter 51 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 60 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 51:33?

Tartīl presents Quran 51:33 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.