Surah An-Naml · Ayah 50·Makkī

50

وَهُمْ لَا ﴿٥٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they perceived not.

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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 · 2 roots in 5 of 7 words

Recitation · 11 points across 4 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ4
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 31 letters · āyah 50 of 93

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 43:79 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    أَمْ أَبْرَمُوٓا۟ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّا مُبْرِمُونَ

    Or have they devised [some] affair? But indeed, We are devising [a plan].

  • Quran 12:102 · Yusufclose

    ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ أَجْمَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَمْكُرُونَ

    That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal, [O Muhammad], to you. And you were not with them when they put together their plan while they conspired.

  • Quran 68:26 · Al-Qalamclose

    فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ

    But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;

  • Quran 36:66 · Yaseenrelated

    وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبْصِرُونَ

    And if We willed, We could have obliterated their eyes, and they would race to [find] the path, and how could they see?

  • Quran 86:15 · At-Taariqrelated

    إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا

    Indeed, they are planning a plan,

  • Quran 37:98 · As-Saaffaatrelated

    فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ

    And they intended for him a plan, but We made them the most debased.

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-An'aam 6:1232 shared roots

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ أَكَٰبِرَ مُجْرِمِيهَا لِيَمْكُرُوا۟ فِيهَا وَمَا يَمْكُرُونَ إِلَّا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    م-ك-رش-ع-ر

  • An-Nahl 16:452 shared roots

    أَفَأَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَكَرُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَخْسِفَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    م-ك-رش-ع-ر

  • An-Nahl 16:262 shared roots

    قَدْ مَكَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَى ٱللَّهُ بُنْيَٰنَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّقْفُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    م-ك-رش-ع-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 27:50?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 27:50 include Quran 43:79 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 12:102 (Surah Yusuf), Quran 68:26 (Surah Al-Qalam), and Quran 36:66 (Surah Yaseen). For example, 43:79 reads: “Or have they devised [some] affair? But indeed, We are devising [a plan].” 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 27:50 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 27:50 (Surah An-Naml, The Ant) reads: “And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they perceived not.”

Which surah is verse 27:50 in?

Quran 27:50 is āyah 50 of Surah An-Naml (The Ant), chapter 27 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 93 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 27:50?

Tartīl presents Quran 27:50 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.