Surah An-Naml · Ayah 5·Makkī

5

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى هُمُ ﴿٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Those are the ones for whom there will be the worst of punishment, and in the Hereafter they are the greatest losers.

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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 10 words

Recitation · 14 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd muttaṣil7
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Heavy rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 44 letters · āyah 5 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 11:22 · Hudvery close

    لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَ

    Assuredly, it is they in the Hereafter who will be the greatest losers.

  • Quran 25:34 · Al-Furqaanvery close

    ٱلَّذِينَ يُحْشَرُونَ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

    The ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.

  • Quran 59:15 · Al-Hashrvery close

    كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَرِيبًا ذَاقُوا۟ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    [Theirs is] like the example of those shortly before them: they tasted the bad consequence of their affair, and they will have a painful punishment.

  • Quran 40:52 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ وَلَهُمُ ٱللَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلدَّارِ

    The Day their excuse will not benefit the wrongdoers, and they will have the curse, and they will have the worst home.

  • Quran 42:45 · Ash-Shuraclose

    وَتَرَىٰهُمْ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا خَٰشِعِينَ مِنَ ٱلذُّلِّ يَنظُرُونَ مِن طَرْفٍ خَفِىٍّ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ فِى عَذَابٍ مُّقِيمٍ

    And you will see them being exposed to the Fire, humbled from humiliation, looking from [behind] a covert glance. And those who had believed will say, "Indeed, the [true] losers…

  • Quran 41:27 · Fussilatclose

    فَلَنُذِيقَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَسْوَأَ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    But We will surely cause those who disbelieve to taste a severe punishment, and We will surely recompense them for the worst of what they had been doing.

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-Nahl 16:1092 shared roots

    لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ

    خ-س-رأ-خ-ر

  • Hud 11:222 shared roots

    لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَ

    خ-س-رأ-خ-ر

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:2132 shared roots

    فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ

    أ-خ-رع-ذ-ب

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:852 shared roots

    وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ ٱلْإِسْلَٰمِ دِينًا فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

    خ-س-رأ-خ-ر

  • Al-Qalam 68:332 shared roots

    كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

    أ-خ-رع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Mujaadila 58:152 shared roots

    أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا إِنَّهُمْ سَآءَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    س-و-أع-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 27:5?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 27:5 include Quran 11:22 (Surah Hud), Quran 25:34 (Surah Al-Furqaan), Quran 59:15 (Surah Al-Hashr), and Quran 40:52 (Surah Al-Ghaafir). For example, 11:22 reads: “Assuredly, it is they in the Hereafter who will be the greatest losers.” 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 27:5 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 27:5 (Surah An-Naml, The Ant) reads: “Those are the ones for whom there will be the worst of punishment, and in the Hereafter they are the greatest losers.”

Which surah is verse 27:5 in?

Quran 27:5 is āyah 5 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 27:5?

Tartīl presents Quran 27:5 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.