Surah Yaseen · Ayah 77·Makkī

77

أَوَلَمْ أَنَّا مِن فَإِذَا هُوَ ﴿٧٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is a clear adversary?

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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 11 words

Recitation · 18 points across 7 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ4
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Ghunnah3
  • Qalqalah2

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 40 letters · āyah 77 of 83

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 16:4 · An-Nahlvery close

    خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ

    He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once, he is a clear adversary.

  • Quran 19:67 · Maryamvery close

    أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْـًٔا

    Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?

  • Quran 90:4 · Al-Baladvery close

    لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

    We have certainly created man into hardship.

  • Quran 80:18 · Abasavery close

    مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

    From what substance did He create him?

  • Quran 75:37 · Al-Qiyaamaclose

    أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ

    Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

  • Quran 18:37 · Al-Kahfclose

    قَالَ لَهُۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرْتَ بِٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰكَ رَجُلًا

    His companion said to him while he was conversing with him, "Have you disbelieved in He who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportioned you [as] a man?

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 36:77?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 36:77 include Quran 16:4 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 19:67 (Surah Maryam), Quran 90:4 (Surah Al-Balad), and Quran 80:18 (Surah Abasa). For example, 16:4 reads: “He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once, he is a clear adversary.” 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 36:77 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 36:77 (Surah Yaseen, Yaseen) reads: “Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is a clear adversary?”

Which surah is verse 36:77 in?

Quran 36:77 is āyah 77 of Surah Yaseen (Yaseen), chapter 36 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 83 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 36:77?

Tartīl presents Quran 36:77 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.