Surah Yusuf · Ayah 27·Makkī

27

وَإِن مِن وَهُوَ مِنَ ﴿٢٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

But if his shirt is torn from the back, then she has lied, and he is of the truthful."

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 10 words

Rarest here: ق-د-د 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 9 points across 4 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 35 letters · āyah 27 of 111

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.

  • أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ

    Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."

  • بَلْ أَتَيْنَٰهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ

    Rather, We have brought them the truth, and indeed they are liars.

  • يَعْلَمُ خَآئِنَةَ ٱلْأَعْيُنِ وَمَا تُخْفِى ٱلصُّدُورُ

    He knows that which deceives the eyes and what the breasts conceal.

  • قُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيدُ

    Say, "The truth has come, and falsehood can neither begin [anything] nor repeat [it]."

  • بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍ مَّرِيجٍ

    But they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a confused condition.

  • قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا ذَلُولٌ تُثِيرُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَا تَسْقِى ٱلْحَرْثَ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لَّا شِيَةَ فِيهَا قَالُوا۟ ٱلْـَٰٔنَ جِئْتَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

    He said, "He says, 'It is a cow neither trained to plow the earth nor to irrigate the field, one free from fault with no spot upon her.' " They said, "Now you have come with the…

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.

  • Yusuf 12:283 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا رَءَا قَمِيصَهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ مِن كَيْدِكُنَّ إِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٌ

    ق-د-دق-م-صد-ب-ر

  • Yusuf 12:283 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا رَءَا قَمِيصَهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ مِن كَيْدِكُنَّ إِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٌ

    ق-د-دق-م-صد-ب-ر

  • Yusuf 12:265 shared roots

    قَالَ هِىَ رَٰوَدَتْنِى عَن نَّفْسِى وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

    ق-د-دق-م-صص-د-قك-ذ-بك-و-ن

  • Yusuf 12:265 shared roots

    قَالَ هِىَ رَٰوَدَتْنِى عَن نَّفْسِى وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

    ق-د-دق-م-صص-د-قك-ذ-بك-و-ن

  • Yusuf 12:253 shared roots

    وَٱسْتَبَقَا ٱلْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرٍ وَأَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلْبَابِ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوٓءًا إِلَّآ أَن يُسْجَنَ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    ق-د-دق-م-صد-ب-ر

  • Yusuf 12:253 shared roots

    وَٱسْتَبَقَا ٱلْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرٍ وَأَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلْبَابِ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوٓءًا إِلَّآ أَن يُسْجَنَ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    ق-د-دق-م-صد-ب-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 12:27?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 12:27 include Quran 54:25 (Surah Al-Qamar), Quran 23:90 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 40:19 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), and Quran 34:49 (Surah Saba). For example, 54:25 reads: “Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."” 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 12:27 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 12:27 (Surah Yusuf, Joseph) reads: “But if his shirt is torn from the back, then she has lied, and he is of the truthful."”

Which surah is verse 12:27 in?

Quran 12:27 is āyah 27 of Surah Yusuf (Joseph), chapter 12 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 111 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 12:27?

Tartīl presents Quran 12:27 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.