Surah Yusuf · Ayah 14·Makkī

14

لَئِنْ وَنَحْنُ إِنَّآ إِذًا ﴿١٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They said, "If a wolf should eat him while we are a [strong] clan, indeed, we would then be losers."

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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 9 words

Rarest here: ذ-أ-ب — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 10 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Iẓhār3
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 37 letters · āyah 14 of 111

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 43:8 · Az-Zukhrufrelated

    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.

  • Quran 21:70 · Al-Anbiyaarelated

    وَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرِينَ

    And they intended for him harm, but We made them the greatest losers.

  • Quran 79:12 · An-Naazi'aatrelated

    قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

    They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."

  • Quran 7:166 · Al-A'raafrelated

    فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا۟ عَن مَّا نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَٰسِـِٔينَ

    So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."

  • Quran 54:31 · Al-Qamarrelated

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ

    Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.

  • Quran 26:55 · Ash-Shu'araarelated

    وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ

    And indeed, they are enraging us,

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.

  • Yusuf 12:133 shared roots

    قَالَ إِنِّى لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓ أَن تَذْهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَخَافُ أَن يَأْكُلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَأَنتُمْ عَنْهُ غَٰفِلُونَ

    ذ-أ-بأ-ك-لق-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:133 shared roots

    قَالَ إِنِّى لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓ أَن تَذْهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَخَافُ أَن يَأْكُلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَأَنتُمْ عَنْهُ غَٰفِلُونَ

    ذ-أ-بأ-ك-لق-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:173 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّا ذَهَبْنَا نَسْتَبِقُ وَتَرَكْنَا يُوسُفَ عِندَ مَتَٰعِنَا فَأَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُؤْمِنٍ لَّنَا وَلَوْ كُنَّا صَٰدِقِينَ

    ذ-أ-بأ-ك-لق-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:173 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّا ذَهَبْنَا نَسْتَبِقُ وَتَرَكْنَا يُوسُفَ عِندَ مَتَٰعِنَا فَأَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُؤْمِنٍ لَّنَا وَلَوْ كُنَّا صَٰدِقِينَ

    ذ-أ-بأ-ك-لق-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:82 shared roots

    إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ع-ص-بق-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:82 shared roots

    إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ع-ص-بق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 12:14?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 12:14 include Quran 43:8 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 21:70 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 79:12 (Surah An-Naazi'aat), and Quran 7:166 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 43:8 reads: “And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.” 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 12:14 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 12:14 (Surah Yusuf, Joseph) reads: “They said, "If a wolf should eat him while we are a [strong] clan, indeed, we would then be losers."”

Which surah is verse 12:14 in?

Quran 12:14 is āyah 14 of Surah Yusuf (Joseph), chapter 12 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 111 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 12:14?

Tartīl presents Quran 12:14 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.