Surah Al-Hijr · Ayah 33·Makkī

33

لَمْ مِن مِّنْ ﴿٣٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."

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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 · 8 roots in 8 of 11 words

Rarest here: ح-م-أ 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 14 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)6
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ghunnah2

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 38 letters · āyah 33 of 99

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.

  • وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

    And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.

  • قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ

    [Allah] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

  • قَالَ لَهُۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرْتَ بِٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰكَ رَجُلًا

    His companion said to him while he was conversing with him, "Have you disbelieved in He who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportioned you [as] a man?

  • إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

    This is not but the word of a human being."

  • قَالَ ٱخْسَـُٔوا۟ فِيهَا وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ

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

  • هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن طِينٍ ثُمَّ قَضَىٰٓ أَجَلًا وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى عِندَهُۥ ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ تَمْتَرُونَ

    It is He who created you from clay and then decreed a term and a specified time [known] to Him; then [still] you are in dispute.

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 15:33?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 15:33 include Quran 15:28 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 7:12 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 18:37 (Surah Al-Kahf), and Quran 74:25 (Surah Al-Muddaththir). For example, 15:28 reads: “And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.” 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 15:33 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 15:33 (Surah Al-Hijr, The Rock) reads: “He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."”

Which surah is verse 15:33 in?

Quran 15:33 is āyah 33 of Surah Al-Hijr (The Rock), chapter 15 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 99 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 15:33?

Tartīl presents Quran 15:33 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.