Surah An-Naml · Ayah 23·Makkī

23

إِنِّى مِن وَلَهَا ﴿٢٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Indeed, I found [there] a woman ruling them, and she has been given of all things, and she has a great throne.

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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 · 8 roots in 8 of 11 words

Recitation · 14 points across 6 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ikhfāʾ4

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 42 letters · āyah 23 of 93

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 نَكِّرُوا۟ لَهَا عَرْشَهَا نَنظُرْ أَتَهْتَدِىٓ أَمْ تَكُونُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ

    He said, "Disguise for her her throne; we will see whether she will be guided [to truth] or will be of those who is not guided."

  • قَالَ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ أَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِينِى بِعَرْشِهَا قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ

    [Solomon] said, "O assembly [of jinn], which of you will bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?"

  • تَبَٰرَكَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِ ٱلْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent -

  • فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ قِيلَ أَهَٰكَذَا عَرْشُكِ قَالَتْ كَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ وَأُوتِينَا ٱلْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهَا وَكُنَّا مُسْلِمِينَ

    So when she arrived, it was said [to her], "Is your throne like this?" She said, "[It is] as though it was it." [Solomon said], "And we were given knowledge before her, and we…

  • فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

    Effecter of what He intends.

  • قَالَتْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ إِنِّىٓ أُلْقِىَ إِلَىَّ كِتَٰبٌ كَرِيمٌ

    She said, "O eminent ones, indeed, to me has been delivered a noble letter.

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-Naml 27:262 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    ع-ر-شع-ظ-م

  • An-Naml 27:262 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    ع-ر-شع-ظ-م

  • Al-Muminoon 23:862 shared roots

    قُلْ مَن رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ ٱلسَّبْعِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    ع-ر-شع-ظ-م

  • At-Tawba 9:1292 shared roots

    فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقُلْ حَسْبِىَ ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    ع-ر-شع-ظ-م

  • Al-Jumu'a 62:43 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلْفَضْلِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    ع-ظ-مش-ي-أأ-ت-ي

  • Al-Muminoon 23:1162 shared roots

    فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْحَقُّ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْكَرِيمِ

    ع-ر-شم-ل-ك

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 27:23?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 27:23 include Quran 27:41 (Surah An-Naml), Quran 27:38 (Surah An-Naml), Quran 67:1 (Surah Al-Mulk), and Quran 27:42 (Surah An-Naml). For example, 27:41 reads: “He said, "Disguise for her her throne; we will see whether she will be guided [to truth] or will be of those who is not guided."” 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 27:23 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 27:23 (Surah An-Naml, The Ant) reads: “Indeed, I found [there] a woman ruling them, and she has been given of all things, and she has a great throne.”

Which surah is verse 27:23 in?

Quran 27:23 is āyah 23 of Surah An-Naml (The Ant), chapter 27 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 93 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 27:23?

Tartīl presents Quran 27:23 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.