Surah Muhammad · Ayah 13·Madanī

13

وَكَأَيِّن مِّن هِىَ مِّن ٱلَّتِىٓ فَلَا لَهُمْ﴿١٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And how many a city was stronger than your city [Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them.

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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 14 words

Recitation · 14 points across 5 rule families

  • Idghām (with ghunnah)5
  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd munfaṣil4
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

14 words · 53 letters · āyah 13 of 38

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.

  • وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يَبْعَثَ فِىٓ أُمِّهَا رَسُولًا يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِى ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا وَأَهْلُهَا ظَٰلِمُونَ

    And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while…

  • فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍ مُّعَطَّلَةٍ وَقَصْرٍ مَّشِيدٍ

    And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace.

  • وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَا فَجَآءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَٰتًا أَوْ هُمْ قَآئِلُونَ

    And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon.

  • مَآ ءَامَنَتْ قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَآ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them, so will they believe?

  • وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ

    And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.

  • فَأَهْلَكْنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.

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-Taariq 86:102 shared roots

    فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ

    ق-و-ين-ص-ر

  • An-Najm 53:52 shared roots

    عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ

    ق-و-يش-د-د

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:62 shared roots

    مَآ ءَامَنَتْ قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَآ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ق-ر-يه-ل-ك

  • Al-Hijr 15:42 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

    ق-ر-يه-ل-ك

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:2082 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

    ق-ر-يه-ل-ك

  • Al-Israa 17:583 shared roots

    وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَسْطُورًا

    ق-ر-يه-ل-كش-د-د

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 47:13?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 47:13 include Quran 28:59 (Surah Al-Qasas), Quran 22:45 (Surah Al-Hajj), Quran 7:4 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 21:6 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa). For example, 28:59 reads: “And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while…” 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 47:13 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 47:13 (Surah Muhammad, Muhammad) reads: “And how many a city was stronger than your city [Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them.”

Which surah is verse 47:13 in?

Quran 47:13 is āyah 13 of Surah Muhammad (Muhammad), chapter 47 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 38 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 47:13?

Tartīl presents Quran 47:13 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.