Surah As-Sajda · Ayah 12·Makkī

12

وَلَوْ إِذِ إِنَّا ﴿١٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

If you could but see when the criminals are hanging their heads before their Lord, [saying], "Our Lord, we have seen and heard, so return us [to the world]; we will work righteousness. Indeed, we are [now] certain."

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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 · 12 roots in 13 of 16 words

Rarest here: ن-ك-س 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 25 points across 7 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ5
  • Madd munfaṣil12
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Qalqalah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

16 words · 75 letters · āyah 12 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.

  • وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ وُقِفُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ هَٰذَا بِٱلْحَقِّ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّنَا قَالَ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

    If you could but see when they will be made to stand before their Lord. He will say, "Is this not the truth?" They will say, "Yes, by our Lord." He will [then] say, "So taste the…

  • قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

    They said, "Indeed, to our Lord we will return.

  • فَأَغْوَيْنَٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ

    And we led you to deviation; indeed, we were deviators."

  • وَهُمْ يَصْطَرِخُونَ فِيهَا رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَٰلِحًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ أَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُم مَّا يَتَذَكَّرُ فِيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ وَجَآءَكُمُ ٱلنَّذِيرُ فَذُوقُوا۟ فَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٍ

    And they will cry out therein, "Our Lord, remove us; we will do righteousness - other than what we were doing!" But did We not grant you life enough for whoever would remember…

  • وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    And they say, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account"

  • وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ ثُمَّ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهَآ إِنَّا مِنَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ مُنتَقِمُونَ

    And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord; then he turns away from them? Indeed We, from the criminals, will take retribution.

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-Anbiyaa 21:652 shared roots

    ثُمَّ نُكِسُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمْ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ يَنطِقُونَ

    ن-ك-سر-أ-س

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:154 shared roots

    مَنْ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ وَمَنْ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُونَ

    ر-ج-عص-ل-حع-م-لر-ب-ب

  • At-Takaathur 102:72 shared roots

    ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

    ي-ق-نر-أ-ي

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:202 shared roots

    هَٰذَا بَصَٰٓئِرُ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ

    ي-ق-نب-ص-ر

  • Al-Hijr 15:992 shared roots

    وَٱعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ ٱلْيَقِينُ

    ي-ق-نر-ب-ب

  • Al-An'aam 6:752 shared roots

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُرِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ مَلَكُوتَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلِيَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُوقِنِينَ

    ي-ق-نر-أ-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 32:12?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 32:12 include Quran 6:30 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 7:125 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 37:32 (Surah As-Saaffaat), and Quran 35:37 (Surah Faatir). For example, 6:30 reads: “If you could but see when they will be made to stand before their Lord. He will say, "Is this not the truth?" They will say, "Yes, by our Lord." He will [then] say, "So taste 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 32:12 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 32:12 (Surah As-Sajda, The Prostration) reads: “If you could but see when the criminals are hanging their heads before their Lord, [saying], "Our Lord, we have seen and heard, so return us [to the world]; we will work righteousness. Indeed, we are [now] certain."”

Which surah is verse 32:12 in?

Quran 32:12 is āyah 12 of Surah As-Sajda (The Prostration), chapter 32 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 30 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 32:12?

Tartīl presents Quran 32:12 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.