Surah Al-Mutaffifin · Ayah 14·Makkī

14

كَلَّا بَلْ عَلَىٰ مَّا ﴿١٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.

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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

Rarest here: ر-ي-ن used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 11 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Idghām shafawī1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 30 letters · āyah 14 of 36

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.

  • بَلْ قُلُوبُهُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ مِّنْ هَٰذَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْمَٰلٌ مِّن دُونِ ذَٰلِكَ هُمْ لَهَا عَٰمِلُونَ

    But their hearts are covered with confusion over this, and they have [evil] deeds besides disbelief which they are doing,

  • أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

    Those are the ones who will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.

  • أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ

    Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.

  • فَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟ قَلِيلًا وَلْيَبْكُوا۟ كَثِيرًا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

    So let them laugh a little and [then] weep much as recompense for what they used to earn.

  • فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ سَيُصِيبُهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَمَا هُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

    And the evil consequences of what they earned struck them. And those who have wronged of these [people] will be afflicted by the evil consequences of what they earned; and they…

  • جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    As reward for what they used to do.

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 15:842 shared roots

    فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

    ك-س-بك-و-ن

  • Az-Zumar 39:502 shared roots

    قَدْ قَالَهَا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

    ك-س-بك-و-ن

  • Yunus 10:82 shared roots

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَأْوَىٰهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

    ك-س-بك-و-ن

  • Al-An'aam 6:1292 shared roots

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُوَلِّى بَعْضَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ بَعْضًۢا بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

    ك-س-بك-و-ن

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1942 shared roots

    عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ

    ق-ل-بك-و-ن

  • Al-Baqara 2:2252 shared roots

    لَّا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِٱللَّغْوِ فِىٓ أَيْمَٰنِكُمْ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا كَسَبَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ

    ك-س-بق-ل-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 83:14?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 83:14 include Quran 23:63 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 11:21 (Surah Hud), Quran 51:53 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), and Quran 9:82 (Surah At-Tawba). For example, 23:63 reads: “But their hearts are covered with confusion over this, and they have [evil] deeds besides disbelief which they are doing,” 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 83:14 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 83:14 (Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Defrauding) reads: “No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.”

Which surah is verse 83:14 in?

Quran 83:14 is āyah 14 of Surah Al-Mutaffifin (Defrauding), chapter 83 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 36 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 83:14?

Tartīl presents Quran 83:14 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.