Surah At-Tawba · Ayah 70·Madanī

70

أَلَمْ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن نُوحٍ وَثَمُودَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ فَمَا وَلَٰكِن ﴿٧٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Has there not reached them the news of those before them - the people of Noah and [the tribes of] 'Aad and Thamud and the people of Abraham and the companions of Madyan and the towns overturned? Their messengers came to them with clear proofs. And Allah would never have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

قوم لوط و شهرهای زیر و رو شده

«موّتفکات» از مادهٌ «ائْتفاک» به معنای انقلاب و زیر و رو شدن است و اشاره به شهرهای قوم لوط دارد که با زلزلةٌ شدیدی زیر و رو گردید. از امام صادق(ع) در این باره روایت شده است: «آنها قوم لوط بودند که زمین برای آنها زیر و رو شد؛ به صورتی که بلندی‌های سرزمین آنها, پست‌ترین نقاط آن گردید.»

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 · 14 roots in 18 of 26 words

Recitation · 36 points across 7 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī7
  • Madd ṭabīʿī15
  • Ikhfāʾ5
  • Qalqalah3
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

26 words · 121 letters · 6 proper nouns · āyah 70 of 129

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.

  • أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَانُوٓا۟ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَأَثَارُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَعَمَرُوهَآ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا عَمَرُوهَا وَجَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

    Have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? They were greater than them in power, and they plowed the earth and built it up more…

  • أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ لَا يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَرَدُّوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فِىٓ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كَفَرْنَا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَنَآ إِلَيْهِ مُرِيبٍ

    Has there not reached you the news of those before you - the people of Noah and 'Aad and Thamud and those after them? No one knows them but Allah. Their messengers brought them…

  • أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَءَاثَارًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَاقٍ

    Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those who were before them? They were greater than them in strength and in impression on the land, but…

  • وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَثَمُودُ

    And if they deny you, [O Muhammad] - so, before them, did the people of Noah and 'Aad and Thamud deny [their prophets],

  • ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُۥ كَانَت تَّأْتِيهِمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرٌ يَهْدُونَنَا فَكَفَرُوا۟ وَتَوَلَّوا۟ وَّٱسْتَغْنَى ٱللَّهُ وَٱللَّهُ غَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌ

    That is because their messengers used to come to them with clear evidences, but they said, "Shall human beings guide us?" and disbelieved and turned away. And Allah dispensed…

  • وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَبِٱلزُّبُرِ وَبِٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُنِيرِ

    And if they deny you - then already have those before them denied. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs and written ordinances and with the enlightening Scripture.

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 15:783 shared roots

    وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ

    ص-ح-بظ-ل-مك-و-ن

  • Al-Hajj 22:423 shared roots

    وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَثَمُودُ

    ع-و-دق-ب-لق-و-م

  • Yunus 10:343 shared roots

    قُلْ هَلْ مِن شُرَكَآئِكُم مَّن يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ

    أ-ف-كع-و-دأ-ل-ه

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:532 shared roots

    فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ

    م-د-نر-س-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1232 shared roots

    كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ع-و-در-س-ل

  • An-Noor 24:123 shared roots

    لَّوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا۟ هَٰذَآ إِفْكٌ مُّبِينٌ

    أ-ف-كن-ف-سب-ي-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 9:70?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 9:70 include Quran 30:9 (Surah Ar-Room), Quran 14:9 (Surah Ibrahim), Quran 40:21 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), and Quran 22:42 (Surah Al-Hajj). For example, 30:9 reads: “Have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? They were greater than them in power, and they plowed the earth and built it up more…” 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 9:70 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 9:70 (Surah At-Tawba, The Repentance) reads: “Has there not reached them the news of those before them - the people of Noah and [the tribes of] 'Aad and Thamud and the people of Abraham and the companions of Madyan and the towns overturned? Their messengers came to them with clear proofs. And Allah…”

Which surah is verse 9:70 in?

Quran 9:70 is āyah 70 of Surah At-Tawba (The Repentance), chapter 9 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 129 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 9:70?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 9:70 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 9:70?

Tartīl presents Quran 9:70 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.