Surah Al-A'laa · Ayah 12·Makkī

12

ٱلَّذِى ﴿١٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,

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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 4 words

Recitation · 10 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 19 letters · āyah 12 of 19

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 5:37 · Al-Maaidavery close

    يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَمَا هُم بِخَٰرِجِينَ مِنْهَا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

    They will wish to get out of the Fire, but never are they to emerge therefrom, and for them is an enduring punishment.

  • Quran 92:15 · Al-Lailclose

    لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى

    None will [enter to] burn therein except the most wretched one.

  • Quran 18:53 · Al-Kahfclose

    وَرَءَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ٱلنَّارَ فَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُم مُّوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا

    And the criminals will see the Fire and will be certain that they are to fall therein. And they will not find from it a way elsewhere.

  • Quran 11:106 · Hudclose

    فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ شَقُوا۟ فَفِى ٱلنَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَشَهِيقٌ

    As for those who were [destined to be] wretched, they will be in the Fire. For them therein is [violent] exhaling and inhaling.

  • Quran 92:16 · Al-Lailclose

    ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    Who had denied and turned away.

  • Quran 55:35 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ

    There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.

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-Ghaashiya 88:42 shared roots

    تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

    ص-ل-ين-و-ر

  • Al-Masad 111:32 shared roots

    سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ

    ص-ل-ين-و-ر

  • An-Nisaa 4:302 shared roots

    وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ عُدْوَٰنًا وَظُلْمًا فَسَوْفَ نُصْلِيهِ نَارًا وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرًا

    ص-ل-ين-و-ر

  • An-Nisaa 4:102 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَٰلَ ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ ظُلْمًا إِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُونَ فِى بُطُونِهِمْ نَارًا وَسَيَصْلَوْنَ سَعِيرًا

    ص-ل-ين-و-ر

  • An-Naml 27:72 shared roots

    إِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَهْلِهِۦٓ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا سَـَٔاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ ءَاتِيكُم بِشِهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ

    ص-ل-ين-و-ر

  • Al-A'raaf 7:362 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

    ك-ب-رن-و-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 87:12?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 87:12 include Quran 5:37 (Surah Al-Maaida), Quran 92:15 (Surah Al-Lail), Quran 18:53 (Surah Al-Kahf), and Quran 11:106 (Surah Hud). For example, 5:37 reads: “They will wish to get out of the Fire, but never are they to emerge therefrom, and for them is an enduring punishment.” 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 87:12 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 87:12 (Surah Al-A'laa, The Most High) reads: “[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,”

Which surah is verse 87:12 in?

Quran 87:12 is āyah 12 of Surah Al-A'laa (The Most High), chapter 87 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 19 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 87:12?

Tartīl presents Quran 87:12 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.