Surah Al-Ghaafir · Ayah 57·Makkī

57

مِنْ وَلَٰكِنَّ لَا ﴿٥٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

The creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation of mankind, but most of the people do not know.

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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 9 of 12 words

Recitation · 17 points across 5 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah4
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Iẓhār1
  • Ghunnah3

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 51 letters · āyah 57 of 85

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 44:38 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ

    And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play.

  • Quran 36:81 · Yaseenclose

    أَوَلَيْسَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُم بَلَىٰ وَهُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    Is not He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the likes of them? Yes, [it is so]; and He is the Knowing Creator.

  • Quran 52:36 · At-Turclose

    أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

    Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.

  • Quran 43:9 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing."

  • Quran 36:36 · Yaseenclose

    سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَمِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    Exalted is He who created all pairs - from what the earth grows and from themselves and from that which they do not know.

  • Quran 46:3 · Al-Ahqafclose

    مَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَمَّآ أُنذِرُوا۟ مُعْرِضُونَ

    We did not create the heavens and earth and what is between them except in truth and [for] a specified term. But those who disbelieve, from that of which they are warned, are…

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.

  • Luqman 31:255 shared roots

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    ك-ث-رخ-ل-قس-م-وأ-ر-ضع-ل-م

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:393 shared roots

    مَا خَلَقْنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    ك-ث-رخ-ل-قع-ل-م

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:32 shared roots

    خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ

    خ-ل-قأ-ن-س

  • Yunus 10:554 shared roots

    أَلَآ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَلَآ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    ك-ث-رس-م-وأ-ر-ضع-ل-م

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:392 shared roots

    كَلَّآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

    خ-ل-قع-ل-م

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:94 shared roots

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    خ-ل-قس-م-وأ-ر-ضع-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 40:57?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 40:57 include Quran 44:38 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), Quran 36:81 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 52:36 (Surah At-Tur), and Quran 43:9 (Surah Az-Zukhruf). For example, 44:38 reads: “And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play.” 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 40:57 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 40:57 (Surah Al-Ghaafir, The Forgiver) reads: “The creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation of mankind, but most of the people do not know.”

Which surah is verse 40:57 in?

Quran 40:57 is āyah 57 of Surah Al-Ghaafir (The Forgiver), chapter 40 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 85 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 40:57?

Tartīl presents Quran 40:57 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.