Surah Luqman · Ayah 28·Makkī

28

مَّا وَلَا إِلَّا إِنَّ ﴿٢٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Your creation and your resurrection will not be but as that of a single soul. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and 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 · 7 roots in 7 of 11 words

Recitation · 16 points across 7 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 40 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 28 of 34

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

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    وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمْ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرْذَلِ ٱلْعُمُرِ لِكَىْ لَا يَعْلَمَ بَعْدَ عِلْمٍ شَيْـًٔا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ قَدِيرٌ

    And Allah created you; then He will take you in death. And among you is he who is reversed to the most decrepit [old] age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, a…

  • Quran 64:2 · At-Taghaabunvery close

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ فَمِنكُمْ كَافِرٌ وَمِنكُم مُّؤْمِنٌ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

    It is He who created you, and among you is the disbeliever, and among you is the believer. And Allah, of what you do, is Seeing.

  • Quran 39:6 · Az-Zumarvery close

    خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ ثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَزْوَٰجٍ يَخْلُقُكُمْ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْ خَلْقًا مِّنۢ بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ فِى ظُلُمَٰتٍ ثَلَٰثٍ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَأَنَّىٰ تُصْرَفُونَ

    He created you from one soul. Then He made from it its mate, and He produced for you from the grazing livestock eight mates. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation…

  • Quran 4:87 · An-Nisaaclose

    ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَيَجْمَعَنَّكُمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَصْدَقُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ حَدِيثًا

    Allah - there is no deity except Him. He will surely assemble you for [account on] the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt. And who is more truthful than Allah in…

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    Have you not seen that Allah created the heavens and the earth in truth? If He wills, He can do away with you and produce a new creation.

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    ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَكِيلٌ

    That is Allah, your Lord; there is no deity except Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He is Disposer of all things.

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 31:28?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 31:28 include Quran 16:70 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 64:2 (Surah At-Taghaabun), Quran 39:6 (Surah Az-Zumar), and Quran 4:87 (Surah An-Nisaa). For example, 16:70 reads: “And Allah created you; then He will take you in death. And among you is he who is reversed to the most decrepit [old] age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, a…” 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 31:28 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 31:28 (Surah Luqman, Luqman) reads: “Your creation and your resurrection will not be but as that of a single soul. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Seeing.”

Which surah is verse 31:28 in?

Quran 31:28 is āyah 28 of Surah Luqman (Luqman), chapter 31 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 34 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 31:28?

Tartīl presents Quran 31:28 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.