Surah Al-Ankaboot · Ayah 14·Makkī

14

وَلَقَدْ نُوحًا إِلَىٰ فِيهِمْ إِلَّا وَهُمْ ﴿١٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers.

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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 · 10 roots in 10 of 16 words

Rarest here: خ-م-س — 8× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 19 points across 5 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī11
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Lām shamsiyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

16 words · 68 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 14 of 69

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 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 25:37 · Al-Furqaanvery close

    وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ لَّمَّا كَذَّبُوا۟ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ ءَايَةً وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

    And the people of Noah - when they denied the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.

  • Quran 53:52 · An-Najmclose

    وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ

    And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.

  • Quran 53:53 · An-Najmclose

    وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ

    And the overturned towns He hurled down

  • Quran 21:76 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَنُوحًا إِذْ نَادَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    And [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allah] before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great flood.

  • Quran 71:1 · Noohclose

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."

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-Ma'aarij 70:43 shared roots

    تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ

    خ-م-سأ-ل-فس-ن-و

  • Al-Muminoon 23:1122 shared roots

    قَٰلَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ عَدَدَ سِنِينَ

    س-ن-ول-ب-ث

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:182 shared roots

    قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

    س-ن-ول-ب-ث

  • Al-Hajj 22:472 shared roots

    وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَلَن يُخْلِفَ ٱللَّهُ وَعْدَهُۥ وَإِنَّ يَوْمًا عِندَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلْفِ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ

    أ-ل-فس-ن-و

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1252 shared roots

    بَلَىٰٓ إِن تَصْبِرُوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ وَيَأْتُوكُم مِّن فَوْرِهِمْ هَٰذَا يُمْدِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِخَمْسَةِ ءَالَٰفٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ مُسَوِّمِينَ

    خ-م-سأ-ل-ف

  • As-Sajda 32:52 shared roots

    يُدَبِّرُ ٱلْأَمْرَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥٓ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ

    أ-ل-فس-ن-و

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 29:14?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 29:14 include Quran 51:46 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), Quran 25:37 (Surah Al-Furqaan), Quran 53:52 (Surah An-Najm), and Quran 53:53 (Surah An-Najm). For example, 51:46 reads: “And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.” 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 29:14 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 29:14 (Surah Al-Ankaboot, The Spider) reads: “And We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers.”

Which surah is verse 29:14 in?

Quran 29:14 is āyah 14 of Surah Al-Ankaboot (The Spider), chapter 29 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 69 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 29:14?

Tartīl presents Quran 29:14 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.