Surah Al-Ankaboot · Ayah 34·Makkī

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إِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ هَٰذِهِ مِّنَ بِمَا ﴿٣٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

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

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 12 words

Rarest here: ر-ج-ز — 10× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 16 points across 6 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 50 letters · āyah 34 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 36:18 · Yaseenvery close

    قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهُوا۟ لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you, from us, a painful punishment."

  • Quran 65:8 · At-Talaaqclose

    وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ عَتَتْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهَا وَرُسُلِهِۦ فَحَاسَبْنَٰهَا حِسَابًا شَدِيدًا وَعَذَّبْنَٰهَا عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا

    And how many a city was insolent toward the command of its Lord and His messengers, so We took it to severe account and punished it with a terrible punishment.

  • Quran 41:16 · Fussilatclose

    فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِىٓ أَيَّامٍ نَّحِسَاتٍ لِّنُذِيقَهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْخِزْىِ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَخْزَىٰ وَهُمْ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

    So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more…

  • 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 51:33 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ

    To send down upon them stones of clay,

  • Quran 33:68 · Al-Ahzaabclose

    رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِهِمْ ضِعْفَيْنِ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَٱلْعَنْهُمْ لَعْنًا كَبِيرًا

    Our Lord, give them double the punishment and curse them with a great curse."

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-Baqara 2:595 shared roots

    فَبَدَّلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ قَوْلًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ رِجْزًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

    ر-ج-زف-س-قن-ز-لس-م-وك-و-ن

  • Al-Maaida 5:473 shared roots

    وَلْيَحْكُمْ أَهْلُ ٱلْإِنجِيلِ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ

    ف-س-قأ-ه-لن-ز-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1623 shared roots

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

    ر-ج-زس-م-وك-و-ن

  • Al-Baqara 2:992 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍ وَمَا يَكْفُرُ بِهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ

    ف-س-قن-ز-ل

  • Hud 11:1173 shared roots

    وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ

    ق-ر-يأ-ه-لك-و-ن

  • Al-Maaida 5:593 shared roots

    قُلْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ هَلْ تَنقِمُونَ مِنَّآ إِلَّآ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلُ وَأَنَّ أَكْثَرَكُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ

    ف-س-قأ-ه-لن-ز-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 29:34?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 29:34 include Quran 36:18 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 65:8 (Surah At-Talaaq), Quran 41:16 (Surah Fussilat), and Quran 21:46 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa). For example, 36:18 reads: “They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you, from us, a painful 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 29:34 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 29:34 (Surah Al-Ankaboot, The Spider) reads: “Indeed, we will bring down on the people of this city punishment from the sky because they have been defiantly disobedient."”

Which surah is verse 29:34 in?

Quran 29:34 is āyah 34 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 29:34?

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