Surah Al-Haaqqa · Ayah 4·Makkī

4

ثَمُودُ ﴿٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

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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

Rarest here: ق-ر-ع — 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 6 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Iqlāb1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 20 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 4 of 52

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 29:38 · Al-Ankabootclose

    وَعَادًا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَقَد تَّبَيَّنَ لَكُم مِّن مَّسَٰكِنِهِمْ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُسْتَبْصِرِينَ

    And [We destroyed] 'Aad and Thamud, and it has become clear to you from their [ruined] dwellings. And Satan had made pleasing to them their deeds and averted them from the path…

  • Quran 11:68 · Hudclose

    كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَآ أَلَآ إِنَّ ثَمُودَا۟ كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّثَمُودَ

    As if they had never prospered therein. Unquestionably, Thamud denied their Lord; then, away with Thamud.

  • Quran 41:13 · Fussilatclose

    فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا۟ فَقُلْ أَنذَرْتُكُمْ صَٰعِقَةً مِّثْلَ صَٰعِقَةِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودَ

    But if they turn away, then say, "I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt [that struck] 'Aad and Thamud.

  • Quran 85:18 · Al-Buroojclose

    فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ

    [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?

  • Quran 91:10 · Ash-Shamsclose

    وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

    And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

  • Quran 8:32 · Al-Anfaalclose

    وَإِذْ قَالُوا۟ ٱللَّهُمَّ إِن كَانَ هَٰذَا هُوَ ٱلْحَقَّ مِنْ عِندِكَ فَأَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةً مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَوِ ٱئْتِنَا بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    And [remember] when they said, "O Allah, if this should be the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky or bring us 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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1232 shared roots

    كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

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  • Al-Hajj 22:422 shared roots

    وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَثَمُودُ

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  • Al-Qamar 54:182 shared roots

    كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

    ع-و-دك-ذ-ب

  • Saad 38:122 shared roots

    كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

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  • Al-An'aam 6:282 shared roots

    بَلْ بَدَا لَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُخْفُونَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَوْ رُدُّوا۟ لَعَادُوا۟ لِمَا نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ

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  • As-Sajda 32:202 shared roots

    وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ فَسَقُوا۟ فَمَأْوَىٰهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ كُلَّمَآ أَرَادُوٓا۟ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَآ أُعِيدُوا۟ فِيهَا وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ ذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 69:4?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 69:4 include Quran 29:38 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), Quran 11:68 (Surah Hud), Quran 41:13 (Surah Fussilat), and Quran 85:18 (Surah Al-Burooj). For example, 29:38 reads: “And [We destroyed] 'Aad and Thamud, and it has become clear to you from their [ruined] dwellings. And Satan had made pleasing to them their deeds and averted them from the path…” 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 69:4 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 69:4 (Surah Al-Haaqqa, The Reality) reads: “Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.”

Which surah is verse 69:4 in?

Quran 69:4 is āyah 4 of Surah Al-Haaqqa (The Reality), chapter 69 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 52 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 69:4?

Tartīl presents Quran 69:4 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.