Surah Al-Insaan · Ayah 28·Madanī

28

نَّحْنُ وَإِذَا ﴿٢٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

We have created them and strengthened their forms, and when We will, We can change their likenesses with [complete] alteration.

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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 7 of 9 words

Rarest here: أ-س-ر 6× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 15 points across 6 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Qalqalah3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 45 letters · āyah 28 of 31

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.

  • وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

    And of all things We created two mates; perhaps you will remember.

  • فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍۭ

    Then inquire of them, [O Muhammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created men from sticky clay.

  • عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.

  • وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا

    And they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?"

  • فَجَعَلْنَٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا

    And made them virgins,

  • وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ

    And if We willed, We could have deformed them, [paralyzing them] in their places so they would not be able to proceed, nor could they return.

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.

  • Al-Waaqia 56:612 shared roots

    عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    ب-د-لم-ث-ل

  • An-Naazi'aat 79:272 shared roots

    ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا

    ش-د-دخ-ل-ق

  • Abasa 80:182 shared roots

    مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

    خ-ل-قش-ي-أ

  • Al-Baqara 2:2112 shared roots

    سَلْ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ كَمْ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍۭ بَيِّنَةٍ وَمَن يُبَدِّلْ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ

    ب-د-لش-د-د

  • Al-Fajr 89:82 shared roots

    ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

    م-ث-لخ-ل-ق

  • Yaseen 36:422 shared roots

    وَخَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ مَا يَرْكَبُونَ

    م-ث-لخ-ل-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 76:28?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 76:28 include Quran 51:49 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), Quran 37:11 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 56:61 (Surah Al-Waaqia), and Quran 17:49 (Surah Al-Israa). For example, 51:49 reads: “And of all things We created two mates; perhaps you will remember.” 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 76:28 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 76:28 (Surah Al-Insaan, Man) reads: “We have created them and strengthened their forms, and when We will, We can change their likenesses with [complete] alteration.”

Which surah is verse 76:28 in?

Quran 76:28 is āyah 28 of Surah Al-Insaan (Man), chapter 76 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 31 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 76:28?

Tartīl presents Quran 76:28 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.