Surah Al-Qalam · Ayah 12·Makkī

12

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Translation

Saheeh International

A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

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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 4 words

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)2
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 17 letters · āyah 12 of 52

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 104:1 · Al-Humazaclose

    وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ

    Woe to every scorner and mocker

  • Quran 22:13 · Al-Hajjclose

    يَدْعُوا۟ لَمَن ضَرُّهُۥٓ أَقْرَبُ مِن نَّفْعِهِۦ لَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْعَشِيرُ

    He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.

  • Quran 26:223 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَٰذِبُونَ

    They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars.

  • Quran 51:9 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ

    Deluded away from the Qur'an is he who is deluded.

  • Quran 33:58 · Al-Ahzaabclose

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ بِغَيْرِ مَا ٱكْتَسَبُوا۟ فَقَدِ ٱحْتَمَلُوا۟ بُهْتَٰنًا وَإِثْمًا مُّبِينًا

    And those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned have certainly born upon themselves a slander and manifest sin.

  • Quran 31:6 · Luqmanclose

    وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَشْتَرِى لَهْوَ ٱلْحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًا أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

    And of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech to mislead [others] from the way of Allah without knowledge and who takes it in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating…

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.

  • Qaaf 50:253 shared roots

    مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ

    م-ن-عع-د-وخ-ي-ر

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:212 shared roots

    وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

    م-ن-عخ-ي-ر

  • Al-Mutaffifin 83:122 shared roots

    وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

    أ-ث-مع-د-و

  • Al-A'raaf 7:122 shared roots

    قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ

    م-ن-عخ-ي-ر

  • Al-Mujaadila 58:92 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا تَنَٰجَيْتُمْ فَلَا تَتَنَٰجَوْا۟ بِٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَمَعْصِيَتِ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَتَنَٰجَوْا۟ بِٱلْبِرِّ وَٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

    أ-ث-مع-د-و

  • Al-Maaida 5:622 shared roots

    وَتَرَىٰ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُمْ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    أ-ث-مع-د-و

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 68:12?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 68:12 include Quran 104:1 (Surah Al-Humaza), Quran 22:13 (Surah Al-Hajj), Quran 26:223 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 51:9 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat). For example, 104:1 reads: “Woe to every scorner and mocker” 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 68:12 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 68:12 (Surah Al-Qalam, The Pen) reads: “A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,”

Which surah is verse 68:12 in?

Quran 68:12 is āyah 12 of Surah Al-Qalam (The Pen), chapter 68 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 52 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 68:12?

Tartīl presents Quran 68:12 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.