Surah Al-Mulk · Ayah 20·Makkī

20

أَمَّنْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى هُوَ لَّكُمْ مِّن إِنِ إِلَّا فِى ﴿٢٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Or who is it that could be an army for you to aid you other than the Most Merciful? The disbelievers are not but in delusion.

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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 15 words

Recitation · 26 points across 6 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Iẓhār5
  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Heavy rāʾ5
  • Lām shamsiyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

15 words · 53 letters · āyah 20 of 30

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 21:36 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَإِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَذْكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ هُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

    And when those who disbelieve see you, [O Muhammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one who insults your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the…

  • Quran 2:254 · Al-Baqaraclose

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌ لَّا بَيْعٌ فِيهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٌ وَلَا شَفَٰعَةٌ وَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    O you who have believed, spend from that which We have provided for you before there comes a Day in which there is no exchange and no friendship and no intercession. And the…

  • Quran 8:15 · Al-Anfaalclose

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا لَقِيتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ زَحْفًا فَلَا تُوَلُّوهُمُ ٱلْأَدْبَارَ

    O you who have believed, when you meet those who disbelieve advancing [for battle], do not turn to them your backs [in flight].

  • Quran 34:7 · Sabaclose

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هَلْ نَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ يُنَبِّئُكُمْ إِذَا مُزِّقْتُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

    But those who disbelieve say, "Shall we direct you to a man who will inform you [that] when you have disintegrated in complete disintegration, you will [then] be [recreated] in a…

  • Quran 54:44 · Al-Qamarclose

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ

    Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?

  • Quran 8:62 · Al-Anfaalclose

    وَإِن يُرِيدُوٓا۟ أَن يَخْدَعُوكَ فَإِنَّ حَسْبَكَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَيَّدَكَ بِنَصْرِهِۦ وَبِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    But if they intend to deceive you - then sufficient for you is Allah. It is He who supported you with His help and with the believers

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:932 shared roots

    مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

    ن-ص-رد-و-ن

  • Yaseen 36:752 shared roots

    لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُندٌ مُّحْضَرُونَ

    ج-ن-دن-ص-ر

  • Yaseen 36:742 shared roots

    وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

    ن-ص-رد-و-ن

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1962 shared roots

    لَا يَغُرَّنَّكَ تَقَلُّبُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

    غ-ر-رك-ف-ر

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1972 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ

    ن-ص-رد-و-ن

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:42 shared roots

    مَا يُجَٰدِلُ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَلَا يَغْرُرْكَ تَقَلُّبُهُمْ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

    غ-ر-رك-ف-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 67:20?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 67:20 include Quran 21:36 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 2:254 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 8:15 (Surah Al-Anfaal), and Quran 34:7 (Surah Saba). For example, 21:36 reads: “And when those who disbelieve see you, [O Muhammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one who insults your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the…” 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 67:20 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 67:20 (Surah Al-Mulk, The Sovereignty) reads: “Or who is it that could be an army for you to aid you other than the Most Merciful? The disbelievers are not but in delusion.”

Which surah is verse 67:20 in?

Quran 67:20 is āyah 20 of Surah Al-Mulk (The Sovereignty), chapter 67 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 30 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 67:20?

Tartīl presents Quran 67:20 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.