Surah Al-Hijr · Ayah 73·Makkī

73

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Translation

Saheeh International

So the shriek seized them at sunrise.

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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 3 words

Recitation · 3 points across 3 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 19 letters · āyah 73 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 7:84 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    And We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.

  • Quran 51:34 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ

    Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."

  • Quran 11:67 · Hudclose

    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

  • Quran 54:34 · Al-Qamarclose

    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

  • Quran 16:26 · An-Nahlclose

    قَدْ مَكَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَى ٱللَّهُ بُنْيَٰنَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّقْفُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    Those before them had already plotted, but Allah came at their building from the foundations, so the roof fell upon them from above them, and the punishment came to them from…

  • Quran 15:84 · Al-Hijrclose

    فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

    So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn.

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 15:832 shared roots

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

    ص-ي-حأ-خ-ذ

  • Al-Hijr 15:832 shared roots

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

    ص-ي-حأ-خ-ذ

  • Yaseen 36:492 shared roots

    مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ

    ص-ي-حأ-خ-ذ

  • Al-Muzzammil 73:92 shared roots

    رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا

    ش-ر-قأ-خ-ذ

  • Hud 11:672 shared roots

    وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَٰرِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

    ص-ي-حأ-خ-ذ

  • Al-Muminoon 23:412 shared roots

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ غُثَآءً فَبُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    ص-ي-حأ-خ-ذ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 15:73?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 15:73 include Quran 7:84 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 51:34 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), Quran 11:67 (Surah Hud), and Quran 54:34 (Surah Al-Qamar). For example, 7:84 reads: “And We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.” 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 15:73 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 15:73 (Surah Al-Hijr, The Rock) reads: “So the shriek seized them at sunrise.”

Which surah is verse 15:73 in?

Quran 15:73 is āyah 73 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 15:73?

Tartīl presents Quran 15:73 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.