Surah Saba · Ayah 5·Makkī

5

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ مِّن ﴿٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

But those who strive against Our verses [seeking] to cause failure - for them will be a painful punishment of foul nature.

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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 6 of 11 words

Rarest here: ر-ج-ز — 10× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 17 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Ghunnah1
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 44 letters · āyah 5 of 54

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 34:38 · Sabavery close

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَسْعَوْنَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مُعَٰجِزِينَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُونَ

    And the ones who strive against Our verses to cause [them] failure - those will be brought into the punishment [to remain].

  • Quran 6:49 · Al-An'aamvery close

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَمَسُّهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

    But those who deny Our verses - the punishment will touch them for their defiant disobedience.

  • Quran 22:57 · Al-Hajjvery close

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

    And they who disbelieved and denied Our signs - for those there will be a humiliating punishment.

  • Quran 22:51 · Al-Hajjvery close

    وَٱلَّذِينَ سَعَوْا۟ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مُعَٰجِزِينَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    But the ones who strove against Our verses, [seeking] to cause failure - those are the companions of Hellfire.

  • Quran 45:11 · Al-Jaathiyavery close

    هَٰذَا هُدًى وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِّن رِّجْزٍ أَلِيمٌ

    This [Qur'an] is guidance. And those who have disbelieved in the verses of their Lord will have a painful punishment of foul nature.

  • Quran 41:27 · Fussilatvery close

    فَلَنُذِيقَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَسْوَأَ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    But We will surely cause those who disbelieve to taste a severe punishment, and We will surely recompense them for the worst of what they had been doing.

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-Jaathiya 45:114 shared roots

    هَٰذَا هُدًى وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِّن رِّجْزٍ أَلِيمٌ

    ر-ج-زأ-ل-مع-ذ-بأ-ي-ي

  • Saba 34:384 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَسْعَوْنَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مُعَٰجِزِينَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُونَ

    ع-ج-زس-ع-يع-ذ-بأ-ي-ي

  • Saba 34:384 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَسْعَوْنَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مُعَٰجِزِينَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُونَ

    ع-ج-زس-ع-يع-ذ-بأ-ي-ي

  • Al-Hajj 22:513 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ سَعَوْا۟ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مُعَٰجِزِينَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    ع-ج-زس-ع-يأ-ي-ي

  • Al-Hijr 15:502 shared roots

    وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ

    أ-ل-مع-ذ-ب

  • An-Nahl 16:1043 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَهْدِيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    أ-ل-مع-ذ-بأ-ي-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 34:5?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 34:5 include Quran 34:38 (Surah Saba), Quran 6:49 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 22:57 (Surah Al-Hajj), and Quran 22:51 (Surah Al-Hajj). For example, 34:38 reads: “And the ones who strive against Our verses to cause [them] failure - those will be brought into the punishment [to remain].” 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 34:5 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 34:5 (Surah Saba, Sheba) reads: “But those who strive against Our verses [seeking] to cause failure - for them will be a painful punishment of foul nature.”

Which surah is verse 34:5 in?

Quran 34:5 is āyah 5 of Surah Saba (Sheba), chapter 34 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 54 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 34:5?

Tartīl presents Quran 34:5 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.