Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 32·Madanī

32

لَا لَنَآ إِلَّا مَا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ﴿٣٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise."

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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 6 of 12 words

Recitation · 14 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 47 letters · āyah 32 of 286

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.

  • قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."

  • ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ

    Who taught by the pen -

  • الٓر تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

    Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the verses of the wise Book

  • قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَأْفِكَنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    They said, "Have you come to delude us away from our gods? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."

  • إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ

    Indeed, this is what you used to dispute."

  • ذَٰلِكَ نَتْلُوهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ وَٱلذِّكْرِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

    This is what We recite to you, [O Muhammad], of [Our] verses and the precise [and wise] message.

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.

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:303 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    ح-ك-مع-ل-مق-و-ل

  • As-Saff 61:12 shared roots

    سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    س-ب-حح-ك-م

  • Al-Hashr 59:12 shared roots

    سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    س-ب-حح-ك-م

  • Al-Hadid 57:12 shared roots

    سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    س-ب-حح-ك-م

  • Al-Qalam 68:292 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    س-ب-حق-و-ل

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:482 shared roots

    وَيُعَلِّمُهُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ

    ح-ك-مع-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:32?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:32 include Quran 51:30 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), Quran 96:4 (Surah Al-Alaq), Quran 10:1 (Surah Yunus), and Quran 46:22 (Surah Al-Ahqaf). For example, 51:30 reads: “They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."” 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 2:32 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:32 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise."”

Which surah is verse 2:32 in?

Quran 2:32 is āyah 32 of Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow), chapter 2 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 286 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 2:32?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:32 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.