Surah Al-Jinn · Ayah 7·Makkī

7

وَأَنَّهُمْ كَمَا أَن لَّن ﴿٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they had thought, as you thought, that Allah would never send anyone [as a messenger].

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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 5 of 9 words

Recitation · 13 points across 7 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Ikhfāʾ4
  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 33 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 7 of 28

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.

  • وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَآ أَشْرَكُوا۟ وَمَا جَعَلْنَٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًا وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِوَكِيلٍ

    But if Allah had willed, they would not have associated. And We have not appointed you over them as a guardian, nor are you a manager over them.

  • إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

    Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allah," were arrogant

  • وَلَوْ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًا لَّأَسْمَعَهُمْ وَلَوْ أَسْمَعَهُمْ لَتَوَلَّوا۟ وَّهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

    Had Allah known any good in them, He would have made them hear. And if He had made them hear, they would [still] have turned away, while they were refusing.

  • إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    When their brother Salih said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?

  • وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    But there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule him.

  • وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

    And if they deny you, [O Muhammad] - already were messengers denied before you. And to Allah are returned [all] matters.

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-Mutaffifin 83:42 shared roots

    أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ

    ظ-ن-نب-ع-ث

  • Al-Ikhlaas 112:12 shared roots

    قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ

    أ-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Kahf 18:382 shared roots

    لَّٰكِنَّا۠ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًا

    أ-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Jinn 72:52 shared roots

    وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا

    ظ-ن-نأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Jinn 72:52 shared roots

    وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا

    ظ-ن-نأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Jinn 72:182 shared roots

    وَأَنَّ ٱلْمَسَٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدًا

    أ-ح-دأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 72:7?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 72:7 include Quran 6:107 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 37:35 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 8:23 (Surah Al-Anfaal), and Quran 26:142 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 6:107 reads: “But if Allah had willed, they would not have associated. And We have not appointed you over them as a guardian, nor are you a manager over them.” 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 72:7 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 72:7 (Surah Al-Jinn, The Jinn) reads: “And they had thought, as you thought, that Allah would never send anyone [as a messenger].”

Which surah is verse 72:7 in?

Quran 72:7 is āyah 7 of Surah Al-Jinn (The Jinn), chapter 72 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 28 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 72:7?

Tartīl presents Quran 72:7 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.