Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 27·Makkī

27

لَا وَهُم ﴿٢٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 6 words

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī2
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 29 letters · āyah 27 of 112

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 36:82 · Yaseenclose

    إِنَّمَآ أَمْرُهُۥٓ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيْـًٔا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is.

  • Quran 53:4 · An-Najmclose

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ

    It is not but a revelation revealed,

  • Quran 21:23 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    لَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَهُمْ يُسْـَٔلُونَ

    He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.

  • Quran 72:27 · Al-Jinnclose

    إِلَّا مَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَسْلُكُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ رَصَدًا

    Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before each messenger and behind him observers

  • Quran 23:108 · Al-Muminoonclose

    قَالَ ٱخْسَـُٔوا۟ فِيهَا وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ

    He will say, "Remain despised therein and do not speak to Me.

  • Quran 27:33 · An-Namlclose

    قَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أُو۟لُوا۟ قُوَّةٍ وَأُو۟لُوا۟ بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ وَٱلْأَمْرُ إِلَيْكِ فَٱنظُرِى مَاذَا تَأْمُرِينَ

    They said, "We are men of strength and of great military might, but the command is yours, so see what you will command."

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-Ankaboot 29:42 shared roots

    أَمْ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَسْبِقُونَا سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

    س-ب-قع-م-ل

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:282 shared roots

    وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    س-ب-قق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:802 shared roots

    وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    س-ب-قق-و-ل

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:112 shared roots

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَوْ كَانَ خَيْرًا مَّا سَبَقُونَآ إِلَيْهِ وَإِذْ لَمْ يَهْتَدُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَسَيَقُولُونَ هَٰذَآ إِفْكٌ قَدِيمٌ

    س-ب-قق-و-ل

  • Hud 11:403 shared roots

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ قُلْنَا ٱحْمِلْ فِيهَا مِن كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَوْلُ وَمَنْ ءَامَنَ وَمَآ ءَامَنَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ

    س-ب-قأ-م-رق-و-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1122 shared roots

    قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    ع-م-لق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:27?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:27 include Quran 36:82 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 53:4 (Surah An-Najm), Quran 21:23 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 72:27 (Surah Al-Jinn). For example, 36:82 reads: “His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is.” 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 21:27 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:27 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.”

Which surah is verse 21:27 in?

Quran 21:27 is āyah 27 of Surah Al-Anbiyaa (The Prophets), chapter 21 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 112 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 21:27?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:27 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.