Surah As-Sajda · Ayah 27·Makkī

27

أَوَلَمْ أَنَّا إِلَى بِهِۦ مِنْهُ أَفَلَا ﴿٢٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Have they not seen that We drive the water [in clouds] to barren land and bring forth thereby crops from which their livestock eat and [they] themselves? Then do they not see?

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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 · 11 roots in 11 of 17 words

Rarest here: ج-ر-ز 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 22 points across 7 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Heavy rāʾ4
  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Ikhfāʾ4
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

17 words · 74 letters · āyah 27 of 30

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.

  • أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّمَّا عَمِلَتْ أَيْدِينَآ أَنْعَٰمًا فَهُمْ لَهَا مَٰلِكُونَ

    Do they not see that We have created for them from what Our hands have made, grazing livestock, and [then] they are their owners?

  • أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ

    Did they not look at the earth - how much We have produced therein from every noble kind?

  • وَإِن كُلٌّ لَّمَّا جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ

    And indeed, all of them will yet be brought present before Us.

  • بَلْ مَتَّعْنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ طَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُ أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّا نَأْتِى ٱلْأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَآ أَفَهُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ

    But, [on the contrary], We have provided good things for these [disbelievers] and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land…

  • وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِن نَّتَّبِعِ ٱلْهُدَىٰ مَعَكَ نُتَخَطَّفْ مِنْ أَرْضِنَآ أَوَلَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّهُمْ حَرَمًا ءَامِنًا يُجْبَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ ثَمَرَٰتُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ رِّزْقًا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    And they say, "If we were to follow the guidance with you, we would be swept from our land." Have we not established for them a safe sanctuary to which are brought the fruits of…

  • أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

    Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.

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.

  • Qaaf 50:212 shared roots

    وَجَآءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌ وَشَهِيدٌ

    س-و-قن-ف-س

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:212 shared roots

    وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ

    ب-ص-رن-ف-س

  • Al-Furqaan 25:203 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةً أَتَصْبِرُونَ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرًا

    س-و-قأ-ك-لب-ص-ر

  • Al-Qiyaama 75:142 shared roots

    بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ

    ب-ص-رن-ف-س

  • Al-Furqaan 25:72 shared roots

    وَقَالُوا۟ مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشِى فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا

    س-و-قأ-ك-ل

  • Az-Zumar 39:215 shared roots

    أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَسَلَكَهُۥ يَنَٰبِيعَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُ بِهِۦ زَرْعًا مُّخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَٰنُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُۥ حُطَٰمًا إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ

    ز-ر-عم-و-هخ-ر-جر-أ-يأ-ر-ض

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 32:27?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 32:27 include Quran 36:71 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 26:7 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 36:32 (Surah Yaseen), and Quran 21:44 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa). For example, 36:71 reads: “Do they not see that We have created for them from what Our hands have made, grazing livestock, and [then] they are their owners?” 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 32:27 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 32:27 (Surah As-Sajda, The Prostration) reads: “Have they not seen that We drive the water [in clouds] to barren land and bring forth thereby crops from which their livestock eat and [they] themselves? Then do they not see?”

Which surah is verse 32:27 in?

Quran 32:27 is āyah 27 of Surah As-Sajda (The Prostration), chapter 32 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 30 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 32:27?

Tartīl presents Quran 32:27 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.