Surah An-Naazi'aat · Ayah 27·Makkī

27

ءَأَنتُمْ أَمِ ﴿٢٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.

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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 4 of 6 words

Recitation · 6 points across 4 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 25 letters · āyah 27 of 46

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 27:64 · An-Namlclose

    أَمَّن يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَمَن يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَءِلَٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَٰنَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    Is He [not best] who begins creation and then repeats it and who provides for you from the heaven and earth? Is there a deity with Allah? Say, "Produce your proof, if you should…

  • Quran 14:19 · Ibrahimclose

    أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

    Have you not seen that Allah created the heavens and the earth in truth? If He wills, He can do away with you and produce a new creation.

  • Quran 2:22 · Al-Baqaraclose

    ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فِرَٰشًا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزْقًا لَّكُمْ فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not…

  • Quran 71:14 · Noohclose

    وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا

    While He has created you in stages?

  • Quran 64:3 · At-Taghaabunclose

    خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    He created the heavens and earth in truth and formed you and perfected your forms; and to Him is the [final] destination.

  • Quran 7:12 · Al-A'raafclose

    قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ

    [Allah] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

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-Shams 91:52 shared roots

    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

    ب-ن-يس-م-و

  • Ibrahim 14:22 shared roots

    ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَوَيْلٌ لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ

    ش-د-دس-م-و

  • An-Naba 78:122 shared roots

    وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

    ش-د-دب-ن-ي

  • Al-Alaq 96:12 shared roots

    ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ

    خ-ل-قس-م-و

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:162 shared roots

    أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ بَنَاتٍ وَأَصْفَىٰكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ

    ب-ن-يخ-ل-ق

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:442 shared roots

    خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    خ-ل-قس-م-و

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 79:27?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 79:27 include Quran 27:64 (Surah An-Naml), Quran 14:19 (Surah Ibrahim), Quran 2:22 (Surah Al-Baqara), and Quran 71:14 (Surah Nooh). For example, 27:64 reads: “Is He [not best] who begins creation and then repeats it and who provides for you from the heaven and earth? Is there a deity with Allah? Say, "Produce your proof, if you should…” 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 79:27 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 79:27 (Surah An-Naazi'aat, Those who drag forth) reads: “Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.”

Which surah is verse 79:27 in?

Quran 79:27 is āyah 27 of Surah An-Naazi'aat (Those who drag forth), chapter 79 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 46 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 79:27?

Tartīl presents Quran 79:27 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.