Surah Al-Jinn · Ayah 5·Makkī

5

وَأَنَّا أَن لَّن عَلَى ﴿٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And we had thought that mankind and the jinn would never speak about Allah a lie.

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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

Recitation · 14 points across 5 rule families

  • Ghunnah3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)4
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 37 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 5 of 28

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 7:89 · Al-A'raafclose

    قَدِ ٱفْتَرَيْنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا إِنْ عُدْنَا فِى مِلَّتِكُم بَعْدَ إِذْ نَجَّىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّعُودَ فِيهَآ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّنَا وَسِعَ رَبُّنَا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا رَبَّنَا ٱفْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْفَٰتِحِينَ

    We would have invented against Allah a lie if we returned to your religion after Allah had saved us from it. And it is not for us to return to it except that Allah, our Lord…

  • Quran 6:23 · Al-An'aamclose

    ثُمَّ لَمْ تَكُن فِتْنَتُهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ وَٱللَّهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ

    Then there will be no [excuse upon] examination except they will say, "By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who associated."

  • Quran 10:82 · Yunusclose

    وَيُحِقُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

    And Allah will establish the truth by His words, even if the criminals dislike it."

  • Quran 6:148 · Al-An'aamclose

    سَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَآ أَشْرَكْنَا وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِن شَىْءٍ كَذَٰلِكَ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ ذَاقُوا۟ بَأْسَنَا قُلْ هَلْ عِندَكُم مِّنْ عِلْمٍ فَتُخْرِجُوهُ لَنَآ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا تَخْرُصُونَ

    Those who associated with Allah will say, "If Allah had willed, we would not have associated [anything] and neither would our fathers, nor would we have prohibited anything."…

  • Quran 27:49 · An-Namlclose

    قَالُوا۟ تَقَاسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ وَأَهْلَهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِۦ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ أَهْلِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ

    They said, "Take a mutual oath by Allah that we will kill him by night, he and his family. Then we will say to his executor, 'We did not witness the destruction of his family, and…

  • Quran 2:9 · Al-Baqaraclose

    يُخَٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    They [think to] deceive Allah and those who believe, but they deceive not except themselves and perceive [it] not.

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 72:5?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 72:5 include Quran 7:89 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 6:23 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 10:82 (Surah Yunus), and Quran 6:148 (Surah Al-An'aam). For example, 7:89 reads: “We would have invented against Allah a lie if we returned to your religion after Allah had saved us from it. And it is not for us to return to it except that Allah, our Lord…” 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 72:5 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 72:5 (Surah Al-Jinn, The Jinn) reads: “And we had thought that mankind and the jinn would never speak about Allah a lie.”

Which surah is verse 72:5 in?

Quran 72:5 is āyah 5 of Surah Al-Jinn (The Jinn), chapter 72 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 28 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 72:5?

Tartīl presents Quran 72:5 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.