Surah An-Naml · Ayah 85·Makkī

85

عَلَيْهِم بِمَا فَهُمْ لَا ﴿٨٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And the decree will befall them for the wrong they did, and they will not [be able to] speak.

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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 8 words

Recitation · 8 points across 4 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 33 letters · āyah 85 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 25:19 · Al-Furqaanvery close

    فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوكُم بِمَا تَقُولُونَ فَمَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ صَرْفًا وَلَا نَصْرًا وَمَن يَظْلِم مِّنكُمْ نُذِقْهُ عَذَابًا كَبِيرًا

    So they will deny you, [disbelievers], in what you say, and you cannot avert [punishment] or [find] help. And whoever commits injustice among you - We will make him taste a great…

  • Quran 21:46 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

  • 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 77:36 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ

    Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse.

  • Quran 6:49 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَمَسُّهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

    But those who deny Our verses - the punishment will touch them for their defiant disobedience.

  • Quran 16:85 · An-Nahlclose

    وَإِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

    And when those who wronged see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

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-Anbiyaa 21:632 shared roots

    قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَٰذَا فَسْـَٔلُوهُمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ يَنطِقُونَ

    ن-ط-قق-و-ل

  • Al-Muminoon 23:622 shared roots

    وَلَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا وَلَدَيْنَا كِتَٰبٌ يَنطِقُ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

    ن-ط-قظ-ل-م

  • An-Naml 27:162 shared roots

    وَوَرِثَ سُلَيْمَٰنُ دَاوُۥدَ وَقَالَ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ عُلِّمْنَا مَنطِقَ ٱلطَّيْرِ وَأُوتِينَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَضْلُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

    ن-ط-قق-و-ل

  • An-Naml 27:162 shared roots

    وَوَرِثَ سُلَيْمَٰنُ دَاوُۥدَ وَقَالَ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ عُلِّمْنَا مَنطِقَ ٱلطَّيْرِ وَأُوتِينَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَضْلُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

    ن-ط-قق-و-ل

  • Fussilat 41:212 shared roots

    وَقَالُوا۟ لِجُلُودِهِمْ لِمَ شَهِدتُّمْ عَلَيْنَا قَالُوٓا۟ أَنطَقَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    ن-ط-قق-و-ل

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:142 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    ظ-ل-مق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 27:85?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 27:85 include Quran 25:19 (Surah Al-Furqaan), Quran 21:46 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 40:52 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), and Quran 77:36 (Surah Al-Mursalaat). For example, 25:19 reads: “So they will deny you, [disbelievers], in what you say, and you cannot avert [punishment] or [find] help. And whoever commits injustice among you - We will make him taste a great…” 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 27:85 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 27:85 (Surah An-Naml, The Ant) reads: “And the decree will befall them for the wrong they did, and they will not [be able to] speak.”

Which surah is verse 27:85 in?

Quran 27:85 is āyah 85 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 27:85?

Tartīl presents Quran 27:85 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.