Surah Ar-Room · Ayah 20·Makkī

20

وَمِنْ أَنْ مِّن ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَنتُم ﴿٢٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And of His signs is that He created you from dust; then, suddenly you were human beings dispersing [throughout the earth].

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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 11 words

Recitation · 18 points across 5 rule families

  • Iẓhār7
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Idghām shafawī2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Heavy rāʾ3

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 40 letters · āyah 20 of 60

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 23:79 · Al-Muminoonclose

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى ذَرَأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

    And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered.

  • Quran 18:37 · Al-Kahfclose

    قَالَ لَهُۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرْتَ بِٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰكَ رَجُلًا

    His companion said to him while he was conversing with him, "Have you disbelieved in He who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportioned you [as] a man?

  • Quran 40:67 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَشُدَّكُمْ ثُمَّ لِتَكُونُوا۟ شُيُوخًا وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ مِن قَبْلُ وَلِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَجَلًا مُّسَمًّى وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

    It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of]…

  • Quran 45:4 · Al-Jaathiyaclose

    وَفِى خَلْقِكُمْ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِن دَآبَّةٍ ءَايَٰتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ

    And in the creation of yourselves and what He disperses of moving creatures are signs for people who are certain [in faith].

  • Quran 42:29 · Ash-Shuraclose

    وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ خَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ جَمْعِهِمْ إِذَا يَشَآءُ قَدِيرٌ

    And of his signs is the creation of the heavens and earth and what He has dispersed throughout them of creatures. And He, for gathering them when He wills, is competent.

  • Quran 31:10 · Luqmanclose

    خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا وَأَلْقَىٰ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَآبَّةٍ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ

    He created the heavens without pillars that you see and has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with you, and dispersed therein from every creature. And…

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.

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:592 shared roots

    إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ ءَادَمَ خَلَقَهُۥ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    ت-ر-بخ-ل-ق

  • Abasa 80:182 shared roots

    مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

    خ-ل-قأ-ي-ي

  • Al-Furqaan 25:32 shared roots

    وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً لَّا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ مَوْتًا وَلَا حَيَوٰةً وَلَا نُشُورًا

    ن-ش-رخ-ل-ق

  • Al-Kahf 18:372 shared roots

    قَالَ لَهُۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرْتَ بِٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰكَ رَجُلًا

    ت-ر-بخ-ل-ق

  • An-Nahl 16:592 shared roots

    يَتَوَٰرَىٰ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ مِن سُوٓءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهِۦٓ أَيُمْسِكُهُۥ عَلَىٰ هُونٍ أَمْ يَدُسُّهُۥ فِى ٱلتُّرَابِ أَلَا سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

    ت-ر-بب-ش-ر

  • Saad 38:712 shared roots

    إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ

    ب-ش-رخ-ل-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 30:20?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 30:20 include Quran 23:79 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 18:37 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 40:67 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), and Quran 45:4 (Surah Al-Jaathiya). For example, 23:79 reads: “And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered.” 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 30:20 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 30:20 (Surah Ar-Room, The Romans) reads: “And of His signs is that He created you from dust; then, suddenly you were human beings dispersing [throughout the earth].”

Which surah is verse 30:20 in?

Quran 30:20 is āyah 20 of Surah Ar-Room (The Romans), chapter 30 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 60 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 30:20?

Tartīl presents Quran 30:20 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.