Surah Al-Mursalaat · Ayah 20·Makkī

20

أَلَمْ مِّن ﴿٢٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 5 words

Rarest here: م-ه-ن — 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 9 points across 5 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ghunnah3
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 18 letters · āyah 20 of 50

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 77:28 · Al-Mursalaatvery close

    وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

  • Quran 23:115 · Al-Muminoonclose

    أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ

    Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"

  • Quran 56:56 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

    That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.

  • Quran 77:25 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا

    Have We not made the earth a container

  • Quran 21:14 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

  • Quran 56:68 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ

    And have you seen the water that you drink?

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.

  • As-Sajda 32:82 shared roots

    ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسْلَهُۥ مِن سُلَٰلَةٍ مِّن مَّآءٍ مَّهِينٍ

    م-ه-نم-و-ه

  • At-Taariq 86:62 shared roots

    خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ

    م-و-هخ-ل-ق

  • Al-Furqaan 25:542 shared roots

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهُۥ نَسَبًا وَصِهْرًا وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًا

    م-و-هخ-ل-ق

  • An-Noor 24:452 shared roots

    وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَ كُلَّ دَآبَّةٍ مِّن مَّآءٍ فَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰ بَطْنِهِۦ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰ رِجْلَيْنِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰٓ أَرْبَعٍ يَخْلُقُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    م-و-هخ-ل-ق

  • Ibrahim 14:322 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزْقًا لَّكُمْ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلْفُلْكَ لِتَجْرِىَ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ بِأَمْرِهِۦ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَنْهَٰرَ

    م-و-هخ-ل-ق

  • Hud 11:72 shared roots

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْمَآءِ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا وَلَئِن قُلْتَ إِنَّكُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلْمَوْتِ لَيَقُولَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

    م-و-هخ-ل-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 77:20?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 77:20 include Quran 77:28 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), Quran 23:115 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 56:56 (Surah Al-Waaqia), and Quran 77:25 (Surah Al-Mursalaat). For example, 77:28 reads: “Woe, that Day, to the deniers.” 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 77:20 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 77:20 (Surah Al-Mursalaat, The Emissaries) reads: “Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?”

Which surah is verse 77:20 in?

Quran 77:20 is āyah 20 of Surah Al-Mursalaat (The Emissaries), chapter 77 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 50 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 77:20?

Tartīl presents Quran 77:20 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.