Surah Al-Hashr · Ayah 5·Madanī

5

مَا مِّن أَوْ عَلَىٰٓ ﴿٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Whatever you have cut down of [their] palm trees or left standing on their trunks - it was by permission of Allah and so He would disgrace the 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 · 9 roots in 9 of 13 words

Rarest here: ل-ي-ن 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 18 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Idghām shafawī1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)3
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Light Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

13 words · 59 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 5 of 24

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.

  • إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ

    Indeed, the tree of zaqqum

  • فَقُطِعَ دَابِرُ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    So the people that committed wrong were eliminated. And praise to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

  • لَّوْلَا كِتَٰبٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِيمَآ أَخَذْتُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

    If not for a decree from Allah that preceded, you would have been touched for what you took by a great punishment.

  • فَدَلَّىٰهُمَا بِغُرُورٍ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا ٱلشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَنَادَىٰهُمَا رَبُّهُمَآ أَلَمْ أَنْهَكُمَا عَن تِلْكُمَا ٱلشَّجَرَةِ وَأَقُل لَّكُمَآ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ لَكُمَا عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

    So he made them fall, through deception. And when they tasted of the tree, their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten together over themselves from the…

  • وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَٰرِهِينَ

    And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.

  • فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ

    Then do you see of them any remains?

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-Hijr 15:692 shared roots

    وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ

    خ-ز-يأ-ل-ه

  • An-Noor 24:363 shared roots

    فِى بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ ٱللَّهُ أَن تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا ٱسْمُهُۥ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ فِيهَا بِٱلْغُدُوِّ وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ

    أ-ص-لأ-ذ-نأ-ل-ه

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:462 shared roots

    وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ

    ف-س-قق-و-م

  • Az-Zumar 39:402 shared roots

    مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

    خ-ز-يق-و-م

  • Hud 11:392 shared roots

    فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

    خ-ز-يق-و-م

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:352 shared roots

    وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَا مِنْهَآ ءَايَةًۢ بَيِّنَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

    ت-ر-كق-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 59:5?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 59:5 include Quran 44:43 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), Quran 6:45 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 8:68 (Surah Al-Anfaal), and Quran 7:22 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 44:43 reads: “Indeed, the tree of zaqqum” 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 59:5 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 59:5 (Surah Al-Hashr, The Exile) reads: “Whatever you have cut down of [their] palm trees or left standing on their trunks - it was by permission of Allah and so He would disgrace the defiantly disobedient.”

Which surah is verse 59:5 in?

Quran 59:5 is āyah 5 of Surah Al-Hashr (The Exile), chapter 59 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 24 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 59:5?

Tartīl presents Quran 59:5 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.