Surah Al-Ahzaab · Ayah 38·Madanī

38

مَّا عَلَى مِنْ فِيمَا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن ﴿٣٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

There is not to be upon the Prophet any discomfort concerning that which Allah has imposed upon him. [This is] the established way of Allah with those [prophets] who have passed on before. And ever is the command of Allah a destiny decreed.

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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 · 10 roots in 14 of 22 words

Recitation · 33 points across 8 rule families

  • Ghunnah4
  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Lām shamsiyyah4
  • Iẓhār5
  • Heavy rāʾ5
  • Qalqalah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy Allāh3

Commentary

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

Shape

22 words · 75 letters · 3 proper nouns · āyah 38 of 73

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.

  • سُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ فِى ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ ٱللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا

    [This is] the established way of Allah with those who passed on before; and you will not find in the way of Allah any change.

  • وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا أَوْ مِن وَرَآئِ حِجَابٍ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولًا فَيُوحِىَ بِإِذْنِهِۦ مَا يَشَآءُ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِىٌّ حَكِيمٌ

    And it is not for any human being that Allah should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a partition or that He sends a messenger to reveal, by His permission, what He…

  • وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن مُّضِلٍّ أَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِعَزِيزٍ ذِى ٱنتِقَامٍ

    And whoever Allah guides - for him there is no misleader. Is not Allah Exalted in Might and Owner of Retribution?

  • مَا كَانَ لِنَبِىٍّ أَن يَكُونَ لَهُۥٓ أَسْرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يُثْخِنَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ تُرِيدُونَ عَرَضَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

    It is not for a prophet to have captives [of war] until he inflicts a massacre [upon Allah 's enemies] in the land. Some Muslims desire the commodities of this world, but Allah…

  • وَلَن يُؤَخِّرَ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهَا وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

    But never will Allah delay a soul when its time has come. And Allah is Acquainted with what you do.

  • ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عِوَجَا

    [All] praise is [due] to Allah, who has sent down upon His Servant the Book and has not made therein any deviance.

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-Hijr 15:132 shared roots

    لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    س-ن-نخ-ل-و

  • Al-Fath 48:234 shared roots

    سُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ ٱللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا

    س-ن-نخ-ل-وق-ب-لأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:624 shared roots

    سُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ فِى ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ ٱللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا

    س-ن-نخ-ل-وق-ب-لأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:624 shared roots

    سُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ فِى ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ ٱللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا

    س-ن-نخ-ل-وق-ب-لأ-ل-ه

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1374 shared roots

    قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ سُنَنٌ فَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    س-ن-نخ-ل-وق-ب-لك-و-ن

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:854 shared roots

    فَلَمْ يَكُ يَنفَعُهُمْ إِيمَٰنُهُمْ لَمَّا رَأَوْا۟ بَأْسَنَا سُنَّتَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى قَدْ خَلَتْ فِى عِبَادِهِۦ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

    س-ن-نخ-ل-وك-و-نأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 33:38?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 33:38 include Quran 33:62 (Surah Al-Ahzaab), Quran 42:51 (Surah Ash-Shura), Quran 39:37 (Surah Az-Zumar), and Quran 8:67 (Surah Al-Anfaal). For example, 33:62 reads: “[This is] the established way of Allah with those who passed on before; and you will not find in the way of Allah any change.” 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 33:38 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 33:38 (Surah Al-Ahzaab, The Clans) reads: “There is not to be upon the Prophet any discomfort concerning that which Allah has imposed upon him. [This is] the established way of Allah with those [prophets] who have passed on before. And ever is the command of Allah a destiny decreed.”

Which surah is verse 33:38 in?

Quran 33:38 is āyah 38 of Surah Al-Ahzaab (The Clans), chapter 33 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 73 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 33:38?

Tartīl presents Quran 33:38 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.