Surah An-Naml · Ayah 54·Makkī

54

وَلُوطًا إِذْ وَأَنتُمْ ﴿٥٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Do you commit immorality while you are seeing?

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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 8 words

Recitation · 11 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 38 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 54 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 7:80 · Al-A'raafvery close

    وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, "Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds?

  • Quran 29:28 · Al-Ankabootvery close

    وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Indeed, you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds.

  • Quran 29:30 · Al-Ankabootclose

    قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

    He said, "My Lord, support me against the corrupting people."

  • Quran 26:168 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ

    He said, "Indeed, I am, toward your deed, of those who detest [it].

  • Quran 15:39 · Al-Hijrclose

    قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    [Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all

  • Quran 44:22 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ

    And [finally] he called to his Lord that these were a criminal people.

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.

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:284 shared roots

    وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ف-ح-شأ-ت-يق-و-مق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:804 shared roots

    وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ف-ح-شأ-ت-يق-و-مق-و-ل

  • Al-Baqara 2:1692 shared roots

    إِنَّمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِٱلسُّوٓءِ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَأَن تَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    ف-ح-شق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:282 shared roots

    وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَٰحِشَةً قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَآ ءَابَآءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    ف-ح-شق-و-ل

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:302 shared roots

    يَٰنِسَآءَ ٱلنَّبِىِّ مَن يَأْتِ مِنكُنَّ بِفَٰحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ يُضَٰعَفْ لَهَا ٱلْعَذَابُ ضِعْفَيْنِ وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرًا

    ف-ح-شأ-ت-ي

  • An-Nahl 16:902 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْإِحْسَٰنِ وَإِيتَآئِ ذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَيَنْهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ وَٱلْبَغْىِ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

    ف-ح-شأ-ت-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 27:54?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 27:54 include Quran 7:80 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 29:28 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), Quran 29:30 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), and Quran 26:168 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 7:80 reads: “And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, "Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds?” 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 27:54 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 27:54 (Surah An-Naml, The Ant) reads: “And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Do you commit immorality while you are seeing?”

Which surah is verse 27:54 in?

Quran 27:54 is āyah 54 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 27:54?

Tartīl presents Quran 27:54 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.