Surah Al-Qalam · Ayah 14·Makkī

14

أَن ذَا ﴿١٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,

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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 5 words

Recitation · 6 points across 2 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 15 letters · āyah 14 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 83:13 · Al-Mutaffifinvery close

    إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

  • Quran 100:8 · Al-Aadiyaatclose

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ

    And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.

  • Quran 90:6 · Al-Baladclose

    يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

    He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

  • Quran 19:77 · Maryamclose

    أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَقَالَ لَأُوتَيَنَّ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا

    Then, have you seen he who disbelieved in Our verses and said, "I will surely be given wealth and children [in the next life]?"

  • Quran 53:4 · An-Najmclose

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ

    It is not but a revelation revealed,

  • Quran 43:15 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    وَجَعَلُوا۟ لَهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ جُزْءًا إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَكَفُورٌ مُّبِينٌ

    But they have attributed to Him from His servants a portion. Indeed, man is clearly ungrateful.

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:882 shared roots

    يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ

    م-و-لب-ن-ي

  • Al-Muminoon 23:552 shared roots

    أَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّمَا نُمِدُّهُم بِهِۦ مِن مَّالٍ وَبَنِينَ

    م-و-لب-ن-ي

  • Nooh 71:122 shared roots

    وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّٰتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَٰرًا

    م-و-لب-ن-ي

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1972 shared roots

    أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

    ب-ن-يك-و-ن

  • Al-Hijr 15:712 shared roots

    قَالَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ

    ب-ن-يك-و-ن

  • Al-Israa 17:62 shared roots

    ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَا لَكُمُ ٱلْكَرَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَمْدَدْنَٰكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَجَعَلْنَٰكُمْ أَكْثَرَ نَفِيرًا

    م-و-لب-ن-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 68:14?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 68:14 include Quran 83:13 (Surah Al-Mutaffifin), Quran 100:8 (Surah Al-Aadiyaat), Quran 90:6 (Surah Al-Balad), and Quran 19:77 (Surah Maryam). For example, 83:13 reads: “When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."” 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 68:14 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 68:14 (Surah Al-Qalam, The Pen) reads: “Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,”

Which surah is verse 68:14 in?

Quran 68:14 is āyah 14 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 68:14?

Tartīl presents Quran 68:14 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.