Surah An-Najm · Ayah 28·Makkī

28

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ إِن إِلَّا وَإِنَّ لَا مِنَ ﴿٢٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.

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Tafsīr

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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 · 6 roots in 7 of 16 words

Recitation · 16 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī1
  • Iẓhār4
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Ghunnah3

Commentary

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

Shape

16 words · 51 letters · āyah 28 of 62

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 2:78 · Al-Baqaraclose

    وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ إِلَّآ أَمَانِىَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

    And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except in wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.

  • Quran 10:36 · Yunusclose

    وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ إِلَّا ظَنًّا إِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ

    And most of them follow not except assumption. Indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all. Indeed, Allah is Knowing of what they do.

  • Quran 43:20 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنَٰهُم مَّا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ

    And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but falsifying.

  • Quran 45:24 · Al-Jaathiyaclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ مَا هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَآ إِلَّا ٱلدَّهْرُ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

    And they say, "There is not but our worldly life; we die and live, and nothing destroys us except time." And they have of that no knowledge; they are only assuming.

  • Quran 18:5 · Al-Kahfclose

    مَّا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَلَا لِـَٔابَآئِهِمْ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ إِن يَقُولُونَ إِلَّا كَذِبًا

    They have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers. Grave is the word that comes out of their mouths; they speak not except a lie.

  • Quran 2:13 · Al-Baqaraclose

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ ءَامِنُوا۟ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلنَّاسُ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ وَلَٰكِن لَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

    And when it is said to them, "Believe as the people have believed," they say, "Should we believe as the foolish have believed?" Unquestionably, it is they who are the foolish, but…

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.

  • Yunus 10:365 shared roots

    وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ إِلَّا ظَنًّا إِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ

    ظ-ن-نغ-ن-يت-ب-عح-ق-قش-ي-أ

  • As-Saaffaat 37:872 shared roots

    فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ظ-ن-نع-ل-م

  • Saba 34:202 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِبْلِيسُ ظَنَّهُۥ فَٱتَّبَعُوهُ إِلَّا فَرِيقًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    ظ-ن-نت-ب-ع

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:412 shared roots

    يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

    غ-ن-يش-ي-أ

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:62 shared roots

    وَمَن جَٰهَدَ فَإِنَّمَا يُجَٰهِدُ لِنَفْسِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَغَنِىٌّ عَنِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    غ-ن-يع-ل-م

  • At-Tur 52:462 shared roots

    يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

    غ-ن-يش-ي-أ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 53:28?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 53:28 include Quran 2:78 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 10:36 (Surah Yunus), Quran 43:20 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), and Quran 45:24 (Surah Al-Jaathiya). For example, 2:78 reads: “And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except in wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.” 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 53:28 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 53:28 (Surah An-Najm, The Star) reads: “And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.”

Which surah is verse 53:28 in?

Quran 53:28 is āyah 28 of Surah An-Najm (The Star), chapter 53 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 62 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 53:28?

Tartīl presents Quran 53:28 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.