Surah Al-Hijr · Ayah 14·Makkī

14

وَلَوْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ فِيهِ ﴿١٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,

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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 9 words

Rarest here: ع-ر-ج 9× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 10 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī1
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 39 letters · āyah 14 of 99

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.

  • وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ ٱلطُّورَ بِمِيثَٰقِهِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ لَا تَعْدُوا۟ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًا

    And We raised over them the mount for [refusal of] their covenant; and We said to them, "Enter the gate bowing humbly", and We said to them, "Do not transgress on the sabbath"…

  • إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ

    If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their necks would remain humbled.

  • وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهُبًا

    And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames.

  • أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ

    Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?

  • وَأَلَّوِ ٱسْتَقَٰمُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسْقَيْنَٰهُم مَّآءً غَدَقًا

    And [Allah revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant provision

  • أَمْ لَهُم مُّلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَلْيَرْتَقُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَسْبَٰبِ

    Or is theirs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend through [any] ways of access.

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.

  • An-Naba 78:193 shared roots

    وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا

    ب-و-بف-ت-حس-م-و

  • Saad 38:502 shared roots

    جَنَّٰتِ عَدْنٍ مُّفَتَّحَةً لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبُ

    ب-و-بف-ت-ح

  • Al-Qamar 54:113 shared roots

    فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ

    ب-و-بف-ت-حس-م-و

  • Al-Muminoon 23:772 shared roots

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا ذَا عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ إِذَا هُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ

    ب-و-بف-ت-ح

  • Saba 34:22 shared roots

    يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا وَهُوَ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٱلْغَفُورُ

    ع-ر-جس-م-و

  • Al-An'aam 6:442 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا نَسُوا۟ مَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَٰبَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَرِحُوا۟ بِمَآ أُوتُوٓا۟ أَخَذْنَٰهُم بَغْتَةً فَإِذَا هُم مُّبْلِسُونَ

    ب-و-بف-ت-ح

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 15:14?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 15:14 include Quran 4:154 (Surah An-Nisaa), Quran 26:4 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 72:8 (Surah Al-Jinn), and Quran 50:6 (Surah Qaaf). For example, 4:154 reads: “And We raised over them the mount for [refusal of] their covenant; and We said to them, "Enter the gate bowing humbly", and We said to them, "Do not transgress on the sabbath"…” 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 15:14 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 15:14 (Surah Al-Hijr, The Rock) reads: “And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,”

Which surah is verse 15:14 in?

Quran 15:14 is āyah 14 of Surah Al-Hijr (The Rock), chapter 15 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 99 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 15:14?

Tartīl presents Quran 15:14 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.