Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 91·Makkī

91

فِى ﴿٩١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 6 words

Rarest here: ج-ث-م 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 10 points across 5 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 32 letters · āyah 91 of 206

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.

  • فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

    But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

  • وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَٰرِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

    And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone

  • فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

    But the shriek seized them at early morning.

  • فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ

    And it became as though reaped.

  • إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ نَّجَّيْنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ

    Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn

  • وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ فَزِعُوا۟ فَلَا فَوْتَ وَأُخِذُوا۟ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ

    And if you could see when they are terrified but there is no escape, and they will be seized from a place nearby.

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:91?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:91 include Quran 29:37 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), Quran 11:67 (Surah Hud), Quran 15:83 (Surah Al-Hijr), and Quran 68:20 (Surah Al-Qalam). For example, 29:37 reads: “But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.” 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 7:91 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:91 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.”

Which surah is verse 7:91 in?

Quran 7:91 is āyah 91 of Surah Al-A'raaf (The Heights), chapter 7 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 206 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 7:91?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:91 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.