Surah Al-Qasas · Ayah 33·Makkī

33

إِنِّى مِنْهُمْ أَن ﴿٣٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He said, "My Lord, indeed, I killed from among them someone, and I fear they will kill me.

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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 · 5 roots in 6 of 9 words

Recitation · 11 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Iẓhār3
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 33 letters · āyah 33 of 88

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.

  • وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ

    And they have upon me a [claim due to] sin, so I fear that they will kill me."

  • قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

    He said, "My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me

  • حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرْجِعُونِ

    [For such is the state of the disbelievers], until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back

  • قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

    They said, "Indeed, to our Lord we will return.

  • إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

    Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

  • فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَٰمًا فَقَتَلَهُۥ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةًۢ بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا نُّكْرًا

    So they set out, until when they met a boy, al-Khidh r killed him. [Moses] said, "Have you killed a pure soul for other than [having killed] a soul? You have certainly done a…

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:142 shared roots

    وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ

    خ-و-فق-ت-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:123 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

    خ-و-فر-ب-بق-و-ل

  • Al-Maaida 5:283 shared roots

    لَئِنۢ بَسَطتَ إِلَىَّ يَدَكَ لِتَقْتُلَنِى مَآ أَنَا۠ بِبَاسِطٍ يَدِىَ إِلَيْكَ لِأَقْتُلَكَ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    خ-و-فق-ت-لر-ب-ب

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:462 shared roots

    وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ

    خ-و-فر-ب-ب

  • An-Naazi'aat 79:403 shared roots

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

    خ-و-فن-ف-سر-ب-ب

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:133 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَقَٰمُوا۟ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

    خ-و-فر-ب-بق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 28:33?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 28:33 include Quran 26:14 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:12 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 23:99 (Surah Al-Muminoon), and Quran 7:125 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 26:14 reads: “And they have upon me a [claim due to] sin, so I fear that they will kill me."” 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 28:33 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 28:33 (Surah Al-Qasas, The Stories) reads: “He said, "My Lord, indeed, I killed from among them someone, and I fear they will kill me.”

Which surah is verse 28:33 in?

Quran 28:33 is āyah 33 of Surah Al-Qasas (The Stories), chapter 28 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 88 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 28:33?

Tartīl presents Quran 28:33 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.