Surah Al-Qasas · Ayah 55·Makkī

55

وَإِذَا عَنْهُ لَنَآ وَلَكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ لَا ﴿٥٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when they hear ill speech, they turn away from it and say, "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. Peace will be upon you; we seek not the ignorant."

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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 9 of 15 words

Recitation · 23 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī13
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Iẓhār2
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Qalqalah1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

15 words · 70 letters · āyah 55 of 88

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.

  • وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ

    And when it is said to them, "Do not cause corruption on the earth," they say, "We are but reformers."

  • وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

    And do not be like those who say, "We have heard," while they do not hear.

  • وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًا

    And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace,

  • خُذِ ٱلْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِٱلْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ

    Take what is given freely, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the ignorant.

  • وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ ٱلزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِٱللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا۟ كِرَامًا

    And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity.

  • نُسَارِعُ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ بَل لَّا يَشْعُرُونَ

    Is [because] We hasten for them good things? Rather, they do not perceive.

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-Muminoon 23:32 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ ٱللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ

    ل-غ-وع-ر-ض

  • Al-Ghaashiya 88:112 shared roots

    لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً

    ل-غ-وس-م-ع

  • An-Naba 78:352 shared roots

    لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا

    ل-غ-وس-م-ع

  • Al-Waaqia 56:252 shared roots

    لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا

    ل-غ-وس-م-ع

  • Al-An'aam 6:354 shared roots

    وَإِن كَانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكَ إِعْرَاضُهُمْ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ أَن تَبْتَغِىَ نَفَقًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَوْ سُلَّمًا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتَأْتِيَهُم بِـَٔايَةٍ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَمَعَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ

    ج-ه-لع-ر-ضب-غ-يس-ل-م

  • Maryam 19:623 shared roots

    لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا إِلَّا سَلَٰمًا وَلَهُمْ رِزْقُهُمْ فِيهَا بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيًّا

    ل-غ-وس-ل-مس-م-ع

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 28:55?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 28:55 include Quran 2:11 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 8:21 (Surah Al-Anfaal), Quran 25:63 (Surah Al-Furqaan), and Quran 7:199 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 2:11 reads: “And when it is said to them, "Do not cause corruption on the earth," they say, "We are but reformers."” 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 28:55 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 28:55 (Surah Al-Qasas, The Stories) reads: “And when they hear ill speech, they turn away from it and say, "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. Peace will be upon you; we seek not the ignorant."”

Which surah is verse 28:55 in?

Quran 28:55 is āyah 55 of Surah Al-Qasas (The Stories), chapter 28 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 88 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 28:55?

Tartīl presents Quran 28:55 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.