Surah An-Naml · Ayah 69·Makkī

69

فِى ﴿٦٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Say, [O Muhammad], "Travel through the land and observe how was the end of the criminals."

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Tafsīr

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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 8 of 9 words

Recitation · 14 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 39 letters · āyah 69 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.

  • قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ ٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Say, "Travel through the land; then observe how was the end of the deniers."

  • قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلُ كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّشْرِكِينَ

    Say, [O Muhammad], "Travel through the land and observe how was the end of those before. Most of them were associators [of others with Allah].

  • هَٰذَا وَإِنَّ لِلطَّٰغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَـَٔابٍ

    This [is so]. But indeed, for the transgressors is an evil place of return -

  • يَوْمَ يَغْشَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, "Taste [the result of] what you used to do."

  • وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

    And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

  • وَأَذِّن فِى ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَجِّ يَأْتُوكَ رِجَالًا وَعَلَىٰ كُلِّ ضَامِرٍ يَأْتِينَ مِن كُلِّ فَجٍّ عَمِيقٍ

    And proclaim to the people the Hajj [pilgrimage]; they will come to you on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every distant pass -

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 27:69?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 27:69 include Quran 6:11 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 30:42 (Surah Ar-Room), Quran 38:55 (Surah Saad), and Quran 29:55 (Surah Al-Ankaboot). For example, 6:11 reads: “Say, "Travel through the land; then observe how was the end of the deniers."” 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 27:69 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 27:69 (Surah An-Naml, The Ant) reads: “Say, [O Muhammad], "Travel through the land and observe how was the end of the criminals."”

Which surah is verse 27:69 in?

Quran 27:69 is āyah 69 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 27:69?

Tartīl presents Quran 27:69 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.