Surah Saad · Ayah 14·Makkī

14

إِن إِلَّا ﴿١٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Each of them denied the messengers, so My penalty was justified.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 7 words

Recitation · 6 points across 4 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 22 letters · āyah 14 of 88

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 13:32 · Ar-Ra'dclose

    وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَمْلَيْتُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ

    And already were [other] messengers ridiculed before you, and I extended the time of those who disbelieved; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My penalty.

  • Quran 50:14 · Qaafclose

    وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ

    And the companions of the thicket and the people of Tubba'. All denied the messengers, so My threat was justly fulfilled.

  • Quran 67:18 · Al-Mulkclose

    وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ

    And already had those before them denied, and how [terrible] was My reproach.

  • Quran 16:113 · An-Nahlclose

    وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

    And there had certainly come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him; so punishment overtook them while they were wrongdoers.

  • Quran 78:27 · An-Nabaclose

    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

    Indeed, they were not expecting an account

  • Quran 18:106 · Al-Kahfclose

    ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوا۟ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَايَٰتِى وَرُسُلِى هُزُوًا

    That is their recompense - Hell - for what they denied and [because] they took My signs and My messengers in ridicule.

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 26:1412 shared roots

    كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ك-ذ-بر-س-ل

  • Qaaf 50:144 shared roots

    وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ

    ك-ذ-بح-ق-قك-ل-لر-س-ل

  • Al-Muminoon 23:902 shared roots

    بَلْ أَتَيْنَٰهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ

    ك-ذ-بح-ق-ق

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1602 shared roots

    كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ك-ذ-بر-س-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1052 shared roots

    كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ك-ذ-بر-س-ل

  • An-Nahl 16:365 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولًا أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ ٱلطَّٰغُوتَ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ هَدَى ٱللَّهُ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةُ فَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    ع-ق-بك-ذ-بح-ق-قك-ل-لر-س-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 38:14?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 38:14 include Quran 13:32 (Surah Ar-Ra'd), Quran 50:14 (Surah Qaaf), Quran 67:18 (Surah Al-Mulk), and Quran 16:113 (Surah An-Nahl). For example, 13:32 reads: “And already were [other] messengers ridiculed before you, and I extended the time of those who disbelieved; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My penalty.” 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 38:14 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 38:14 (Surah Saad, The letter Saad) reads: “Each of them denied the messengers, so My penalty was justified.”

Which surah is verse 38:14 in?

Quran 38:14 is āyah 14 of Surah Saad (The letter Saad), chapter 38 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 88 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 38:14?

Tartīl presents Quran 38:14 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.