Surah Al-Maaida · Ayah 30·Madanī

30

لَهُۥ مِنَ ﴿٣٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And his soul permitted to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers.

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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 · 6 roots in 7 of 9 words

Recitation · 5 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 37 letters · āyah 30 of 120

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.

  • وَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرِينَ

    And they intended for him harm, but We made them the greatest losers.

  • فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَٰمًا فَقَتَلَهُۥ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةًۢ بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا نُّكْرًا

    So they set out, until when they met a boy, al-Khidh r killed him. [Moses] said, "Have you killed a pure soul for other than [having killed] a soul? You have certainly done a…

  • فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ

    And he drew lots and was among the losers.

  • قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى قَتَلْتُ مِنْهُمْ نَفْسًا فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ

    He said, "My Lord, indeed, I killed from among them someone, and I fear they will kill me.

  • ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

    Then he considered [again];

  • وَفَدَيْنَٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ

    And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice,

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.

  • At-Takwir 81:182 shared roots

    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

    ص-ب-حن-ف-س

  • Al-Muminoon 23:342 shared roots

    وَلَئِنْ أَطَعْتُم بَشَرًا مِّثْلَكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ

    خ-س-رط-و-ع

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1684 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ وَقَعَدُوا۟ لَوْ أَطَاعُونَا مَا قُتِلُوا۟ قُلْ فَٱدْرَءُوا۟ عَنْ أَنفُسِكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    أ-خ-وط-و-عق-ت-لن-ف-س

  • Fussilat 41:232 shared roots

    وَذَٰلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى ظَنَنتُم بِرَبِّكُمْ أَرْدَىٰكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم مِّنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

    ص-ب-حخ-س-ر

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1922 shared roots

    وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْرًا وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ

    ط-و-عن-ف-س

  • Hud 11:212 shared roots

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

    خ-س-رن-ف-س

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 5:30?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 5:30 include Quran 21:70 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 18:74 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 37:141 (Surah As-Saaffaat), and Quran 28:33 (Surah Al-Qasas). For example, 21:70 reads: “And they intended for him harm, but We made them the greatest losers.” 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 5:30 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 5:30 (Surah Al-Maaida, The Table) reads: “And his soul permitted to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers.”

Which surah is verse 5:30 in?

Quran 5:30 is āyah 30 of Surah Al-Maaida (The Table), chapter 5 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 120 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 5:30?

Tartīl presents Quran 5:30 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.