Surah An-Naml · Ayah 27·Makkī

27

أَمْ مِنَ ﴿٢٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[Solomon] said, "We will see whether you were truthful or were of the liars.

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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 5 of 7 words

Recitation · 9 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 27 letters · āyah 27 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.

  • Quran 21:55 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ أَمْ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّٰعِبِينَ

    They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"

  • Quran 37:38 · As-Saaffaatclose

    إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ

    Indeed, you [disbelievers] will be tasters of the painful punishment,

  • Quran 32:28 · As-Sajdaclose

    وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْفَتْحُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    And they say, "When will be this conquest, if you should be truthful?"

  • Quran 7:106 · Al-A'raafclose

    قَالَ إِن كُنتَ جِئْتَ بِـَٔايَةٍ فَأْتِ بِهَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    [Pharaoh] said, "If you have come with a sign, then bring it forth, if you should be of the truthful."

  • Quran 16:39 · An-Nahlclose

    لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ كَٰذِبِينَ

    [It is] so He will make clear to them [the truth of] that wherein they differ and so those who have disbelieved may know that they were liars.

  • Quran 26:186 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

    You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars.

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 27:27?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 27:27 include Quran 21:55 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 37:38 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 32:28 (Surah As-Sajda), and Quran 7:106 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 21:55 reads: “They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"” 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 27:27 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 27:27 (Surah An-Naml, The Ant) reads: “[Solomon] said, "We will see whether you were truthful or were of the liars.”

Which surah is verse 27:27 in?

Quran 27:27 is āyah 27 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 27:27?

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