Surah Al-Qasas · Ayah 78·Makkī

78

إِنَّمَآ عَلَىٰ أَوَلَمْ أَنَّ قَدْ مِن مِنَ مَنْ هُوَ مِنْهُ وَلَا عَن ﴿٧٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He said, "I was only given it because of knowledge I have." Did he not know that Allah had destroyed before him of generations those who were greater than him in power and greater in accumulation [of wealth]? But the criminals, about their sins, will not be asked.

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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 · 15 roots in 16 of 28 words

Recitation · 32 points across 8 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Ghunnah2
  • Iẓhār8
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Qalqalah3
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

28 words · 102 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 78 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.

  • قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّى وَءَاتَىٰنِى مِنْهُ رَحْمَةً فَمَن يَنصُرُنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنْ عَصَيْتُهُۥ فَمَا تَزِيدُونَنِى غَيْرَ تَخْسِيرٍ

    He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has given me mercy from Himself, who would protect me from Allah if I disobeyed…

  • قَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱلْعِلْمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأُبَلِّغُكُم مَّآ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَلَٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًا تَجْهَلُونَ

    He said, "Knowledge [of its time] is only with Allah, and I convey to you that with which I was sent; but I see you [to be] a people behaving ignorantly."

  • فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ

    Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy.

  • وَمَن يَكْسِبْ إِثْمًا فَإِنَّمَا يَكْسِبُهُۥ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا

    And whoever commits a sin only earns it against himself. And Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.

  • فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَتَلَهُمْ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَمَىٰ وَلِيُبْلِىَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْهُ بَلَآءً حَسَنًا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

    And you did not kill them, but it was Allah who killed them. And you threw not, [O Muhammad], when you threw, but it was Allah who threw that He might test the believers with a…

  • هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمُنَا ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً لَّوْلَا يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهِم بِسُلْطَٰنٍۭ بَيِّنٍ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا

    These, our people, have taken besides Him deities. Why do they not bring for [worship of] them a clear authority? And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah a lie?"

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.

  • An-Najm 53:53 shared roots

    عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ

    ق-و-يش-د-دع-ل-م

  • Yunus 10:134 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْقُرُونَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    ق-ر-نه-ل-كج-ر-مق-ب-ل

  • Yaseen 36:313 shared roots

    أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

    ق-ر-نه-ل-كق-ب-ل

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:373 shared roots

    أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ

    ه-ل-كج-ر-مق-ب-ل

  • Muhammad 47:133 shared roots

    وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ هِىَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِّن قَرْيَتِكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَخْرَجَتْكَ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمْ

    ق-و-يه-ل-كش-د-د

  • Al-Anfaal 8:525 shared roots

    كَدَأْبِ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَوِىٌّ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ

    ذ-ن-بق-و-يش-د-دق-ب-لأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 28:78?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 28:78 include Quran 11:63 (Surah Hud), Quran 46:23 (Surah Al-Ahqaf), Quran 37:142 (Surah As-Saaffaat), and Quran 4:111 (Surah An-Nisaa). For example, 11:63 reads: “He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has given me mercy from Himself, who would protect me from Allah if I disobeyed…” 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 28:78 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 28:78 (Surah Al-Qasas, The Stories) reads: “He said, "I was only given it because of knowledge I have." Did he not know that Allah had destroyed before him of generations those who were greater than him in power and greater in accumulation [of wealth]? But the criminals, about their sins, will not be…”

Which surah is verse 28:78 in?

Quran 28:78 is āyah 78 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 28:78?

Tartīl presents Quran 28:78 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.