Surah An-Naml · Ayah 55·Makkī

55

أَئِنَّكُمْ مِّن بَلْ أَنتُمْ ﴿٥٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 11 words

Recitation · 17 points across 7 rule families

  • Ghunnah3
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)4
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 47 letters · āyah 55 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 7:81 · Al-A'raafvery close

    إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ

    Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people."

  • Quran 12:103 · Yusufrelated

    وَمَآ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

    And most of the people, although you strive [for it], are not believers.

  • Quran 53:22 · An-Najmrelated

    تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ

    That, then, is an unjust division.

  • Quran 23:34 · Al-Muminoonrelated

    وَلَئِنْ أَطَعْتُم بَشَرًا مِّثْلَكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ

    And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.

  • Quran 3:69 · Aal-i-Imraanrelated

    وَدَّت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَوْ يُضِلُّونَكُمْ وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    A faction of the people of the Scripture wish they could mislead you. But they do not mislead except themselves, and they perceive [it] not.

  • Quran 33:58 · Al-Ahzaabrelated

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ بِغَيْرِ مَا ٱكْتَسَبُوا۟ فَقَدِ ٱحْتَمَلُوا۟ بُهْتَٰنًا وَإِثْمًا مُّبِينًا

    And those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned have certainly born upon themselves a slander and manifest sin.

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-A'raaf 7:815 shared roots

    إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ

    ش-ه-ون-س-ور-ج-لد-و-نأ-ت-ي

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:232 shared roots

    قَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱلْعِلْمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأُبَلِّغُكُم مَّآ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَلَٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًا تَجْهَلُونَ

    ج-ه-لق-و-م

  • An-Nisaa 4:982 shared roots

    إِلَّا ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا

    ن-س-ور-ج-ل

  • Al-Maaida 5:502 shared roots

    أَفَحُكْمَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِيَّةِ يَبْغُونَ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ حُكْمًا لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ

    ج-ه-لق-و-م

  • An-Nisaa 4:322 shared roots

    وَلَا تَتَمَنَّوْا۟ مَا فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا ٱكْتَسَبُوا۟ وَلِلنِّسَآءِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا ٱكْتَسَبْنَ وَسْـَٔلُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن فَضْلِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمًا

    ن-س-ور-ج-ل

  • An-Nisaa 4:72 shared roots

    لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ٱلْوَٰلِدَانِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَ وَلِلنِّسَآءِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ٱلْوَٰلِدَانِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَ مِمَّا قَلَّ مِنْهُ أَوْ كَثُرَ نَصِيبًا مَّفْرُوضًا

    ن-س-ور-ج-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 27:55?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 27:55 include Quran 7:81 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 12:103 (Surah Yusuf), Quran 53:22 (Surah An-Najm), and Quran 23:34 (Surah Al-Muminoon). For example, 7:81 reads: “Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people."” 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 27:55 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 27:55 (Surah An-Naml, The Ant) reads: “Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."”

Which surah is verse 27:55 in?

Quran 27:55 is āyah 55 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 27:55?

Tartīl presents Quran 27:55 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.