Surah Aal-i-Imraan · Ayah 38·Madanī

38

هُنَالِكَ زَكَرِيَّا لِى مِن إِنَّكَ ﴿٣٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication."

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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 · 8 roots in 10 of 15 words

Recitation · 17 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Light rāʾ4
  • Qalqalah1
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)4
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

15 words · 52 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 38 of 200

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 21:89 · Al-Anbiyaavery close

    وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِى فَرْدًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ

    And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while you are the best of inheritors."

  • Quran 19:2 · Maryamvery close

    ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُۥ زَكَرِيَّآ

    [This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah

  • Quran 19:3 · Maryamvery close

    إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ نِدَآءً خَفِيًّا

    When he called to his Lord a private supplication.

  • Quran 37:101 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٍ

    So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy.

  • Quran 19:7 · Maryamclose

    يَٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا

    [He was told], "O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before [this] name."

  • Quran 20:35 · Taa-Haaclose

    إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا

    Indeed, You are of us ever Seeing."

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.

  • Ibrahim 14:394 shared roots

    ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى وَهَبَ لِى عَلَى ٱلْكِبَرِ إِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَسَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ

    و-ه-بس-م-عد-ع-ور-ب-ب

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:83 shared roots

    رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ

    ل-د-نو-ه-بر-ب-ب

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:83 shared roots

    رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ

    ل-د-نو-ه-بر-ب-ب

  • Al-An'aam 6:842 shared roots

    وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ كُلًّا هَدَيْنَا وَنُوحًا هَدَيْنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِۦ دَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَٰنَ وَأَيُّوبَ وَيُوسُفَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

    و-ه-بذ-ر-ر

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:723 shared roots

    قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ

    س-م-عد-ع-وق-و-ل

  • As-Saaffaat 37:1002 shared roots

    رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    و-ه-بر-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 3:38?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 3:38 include Quran 21:89 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 19:2 (Surah Maryam), Quran 19:3 (Surah Maryam), and Quran 37:101 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 21:89 reads: “And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while you are the best of inheritors."” 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 3:38 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 3:38 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan, The Family of Imraan) reads: “At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication."”

Which surah is verse 3:38 in?

Quran 3:38 is āyah 38 of Surah Aal-i-Imraan (The Family of Imraan), chapter 3 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 200 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 3:38?

Tartīl presents Quran 3:38 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.