Surah Al-Maaida · Ayah 28·Madanī

28

لَئِنۢ إِلَىَّ مَآ أَنَا۠ إِلَيْكَ إِنِّىٓ ﴿٢٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

If you should raise your hand against me to kill me - I shall not raise my hand against you to kill you. Indeed, I fear Allah, Lord of the worlds.

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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 · 7 roots in 10 of 16 words

Recitation · 16 points across 7 rule families

  • Iqlāb2
  • Qalqalah3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

16 words · 63 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 28 of 120

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 11:26 · Hudvery close

    أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ أَلِيمٍ

    That you not worship except Allah. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a painful day."

  • Quran 26:131 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

    So fear Allah and obey me.

  • Quran 3:102 · Aal-i-Imraanvery close

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِۦ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ

    O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him].

  • Quran 2:150 · Al-Baqaravery close

    وَمِنْ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنتُمْ فَوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُۥ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَيْكُمْ حُجَّةٌ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَٱخْشَوْنِى وَلِأُتِمَّ نِعْمَتِى عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

    And from wherever you go out [for prayer], turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram. And wherever you [believers] may be, turn your faces toward it in order that the people will…

  • Quran 26:214 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ

    And warn, [O Muhammad], your closest kindred.

  • Quran 9:13 · At-Tawbaclose

    أَلَا تُقَٰتِلُونَ قَوْمًا نَّكَثُوٓا۟ أَيْمَٰنَهُمْ وَهَمُّوا۟ بِإِخْرَاجِ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَهُم بَدَءُوكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ أَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْ فَٱللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَن تَخْشَوْهُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    Would you not fight a people who broke their oaths and determined to expel the Messenger, and they had begun [the attack upon] you the first time? Do you fear them? But Allah has…

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-Qasas 28:333 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى قَتَلْتُ مِنْهُمْ نَفْسًا فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ

    خ-و-فق-ت-لر-ب-ب

  • Nooh 71:192 shared roots

    وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا

    ب-س-طأ-ل-ه

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:142 shared roots

    وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ

    خ-و-فق-ت-ل

  • Saba 34:363 shared roots

    قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّى يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    ب-س-طع-ل-مر-ب-ب

  • Az-Zumar 39:523 shared roots

    أَوَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ب-س-طع-ل-مأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:623 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُۥٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

    ب-س-طع-ل-مأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 5:28?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 5:28 include Quran 11:26 (Surah Hud), Quran 26:131 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 3:102 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), and Quran 2:150 (Surah Al-Baqara). For example, 11:26 reads: “That you not worship except Allah. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a painful day."” 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 5:28 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 5:28 (Surah Al-Maaida, The Table) reads: “If you should raise your hand against me to kill me - I shall not raise my hand against you to kill you. Indeed, I fear Allah, Lord of the worlds.”

Which surah is verse 5:28 in?

Quran 5:28 is āyah 28 of Surah Al-Maaida (The Table), chapter 5 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 120 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 5:28?

Tartīl presents Quran 5:28 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.