Surah Al-Hijr · Ayah 4·Makkī

4

وَمَآ مِن إِلَّا وَلَهَا ﴿٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 8 words

Recitation · 9 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 31 letters · āyah 4 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.

  • Quran 26:209 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    As a reminder; and never have We been unjust.

  • Quran 26:208 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

    And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners

  • Quran 21:95 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَحَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَآ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

    And there is prohibition upon [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return

  • Quran 17:58 · Al-Israarelated

    وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَسْطُورًا

    And there is no city but that We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment. That has ever been in the Register inscribed.

  • Quran 34:18 · Sabarelated

    وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْقُرَى ٱلَّتِى بَٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا قُرًى ظَٰهِرَةً وَقَدَّرْنَا فِيهَا ٱلسَّيْرَ سِيرُوا۟ فِيهَا لَيَالِىَ وَأَيَّامًا ءَامِنِينَ

    And We placed between them and the cities which We had blessed [many] visible cities. And We determined between them the [distances of] journey, [saying], "Travel between them by…

  • Quran 20:129 · Taa-Haarelated

    وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى

    And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord, punishment would have been an obligation [due immediately], and [if not for] a specified term [decreed].

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-Anbiyaa 21:62 shared roots

    مَآ ءَامَنَتْ قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَآ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ق-ر-يه-ل-ك

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:2082 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

    ق-ر-يه-ل-ك

  • Al-Kahf 18:592 shared roots

    وَتِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا

    ق-ر-يه-ل-ك

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:952 shared roots

    وَحَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَآ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

    ق-ر-يه-ل-ك

  • Hud 11:1172 shared roots

    وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ

    ق-ر-يه-ل-ك

  • Al-Israa 17:583 shared roots

    وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَسْطُورًا

    ق-ر-يه-ل-كك-ت-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 15:4?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 15:4 include Quran 26:209 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:208 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 21:95 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 17:58 (Surah Al-Israa). For example, 26:209 reads: “As a reminder; and never have We been unjust.” 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 15:4 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 15:4 (Surah Al-Hijr, The Rock) reads: “And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.”

Which surah is verse 15:4 in?

Quran 15:4 is āyah 4 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 15:4?

Tartīl presents Quran 15:4 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.