Surah Al-Hijr · Ayah 28·Makkī

28

وَإِذْ إِنِّى مِّن مِّنْ ﴿٢٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.

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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 · 8 roots in 8 of 12 words

Rarest here: ح-م-أ 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 18 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ghunnah4
  • Iqlāb6

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 42 letters · āyah 28 of 99

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.

  • إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ

    [So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay.

  • ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ

    Recite in the name of your Lord who created -

  • وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى جَاعِلٌ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ ٱلدِّمَآءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes…

  • قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

    He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."

  • قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْـًٔا

    [An angel] said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.' "

  • وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

    While Allah created you and that which you do?"

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 15:28?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 15:28 include Quran 38:71 (Surah Saad), Quran 96:1 (Surah Al-Alaq), Quran 2:30 (Surah Al-Baqara), and Quran 15:33 (Surah Al-Hijr). For example, 38:71 reads: “[So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay.” 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 15:28 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 15:28 (Surah Al-Hijr, The Rock) reads: “And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.”

Which surah is verse 15:28 in?

Quran 15:28 is āyah 28 of Surah Al-Hijr (The Rock), chapter 15 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 99 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 15:28?

Tartīl presents Quran 15:28 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.