Surah Taa-Haa · Ayah 12·Makkī

12

إِنِّىٓ أَنَا۠ إِنَّكَ ﴿١٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Indeed, I am your Lord, so remove your sandals. Indeed, you are in the sacred valley of Tuwa.

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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 9 words

Rarest here: خ-ل-ع — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 8 points across 5 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd munfaṣil2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 37 letters · āyah 12 of 135

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 79:17 · An-Naazi'aatclose

    ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

    "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

  • Quran 89:29 · Al-Fajrclose

    فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى

    And enter among My [righteous] servants

  • Quran 90:1 · Al-Baladclose

    لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

    I swear by this city, Makkah -

  • Quran 74:2 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ

    Arise and warn

  • Quran 44:20 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ

    And indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me.

  • Quran 5:6 · Al-Maaidaclose

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ فَٱغْسِلُوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْمَرَافِقِ وَٱمْسَحُوا۟ بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْكَعْبَيْنِ وَإِن كُنتُمْ جُنُبًا فَٱطَّهَّرُوا۟ وَإِن كُنتُم مَّرْضَىٰٓ أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوْ جَآءَ أَحَدٌ مِّنكُم مِّنَ ٱلْغَآئِطِ أَوْ لَٰمَسْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا۟ مَآءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا۟ صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا فَٱمْسَحُوا۟ بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُم مِّنْهُ مَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْ حَرَجٍ وَلَٰكِن يُرِيدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

    O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. And if you…

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.

  • An-Naazi'aat 79:164 shared roots

    إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

    ط-و-يق-د-سو-د-ير-ب-ب

  • An-Nahl 16:1022 shared roots

    قُلْ نَزَّلَهُۥ رُوحُ ٱلْقُدُسِ مِن رَّبِّكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَهُدًى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ

    ق-د-سر-ب-ب

  • Al-Baqara 2:302 shared roots

    وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى جَاعِلٌ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ ٱلدِّمَآءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    ق-د-سر-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 20:12?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 20:12 include Quran 79:17 (Surah An-Naazi'aat), Quran 89:29 (Surah Al-Fajr), Quran 90:1 (Surah Al-Balad), and Quran 74:2 (Surah Al-Muddaththir). For example, 79:17 reads: “"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.” 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 20:12 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 20:12 (Surah Taa-Haa, Taa-Haa) reads: “Indeed, I am your Lord, so remove your sandals. Indeed, you are in the sacred valley of Tuwa.”

Which surah is verse 20:12 in?

Quran 20:12 is āyah 12 of Surah Taa-Haa (Taa-Haa), chapter 20 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 135 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 20:12?

Tartīl presents Quran 20:12 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.