Surah Al-Ankaboot · Ayah 37·Makkī

37

فِى ﴿٣٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

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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 7 words

Rarest here: ج-ث-م 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 11 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 38 letters · āyah 37 of 69

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.

  • فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

    So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

  • وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَٰرِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

    And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone

  • فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

    But the shriek seized them at early morning.

  • فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

    But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.

  • فَلَمَّآ أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلْجَبِينِ

    And when they had both submitted and he put him down upon his forehead,

  • إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

    Except an old woman among those who remained behind.

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-A'raaf 7:915 shared roots

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

    ج-ث-مر-ج-فص-ب-حد-و-رأ-خ-ذ

  • Al-A'raaf 7:785 shared roots

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

    ج-ث-مر-ج-فص-ب-حد-و-رأ-خ-ذ

  • Hud 11:674 shared roots

    وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَٰرِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

    ج-ث-مص-ب-حد-و-رأ-خ-ذ

  • Hud 11:944 shared roots

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا شُعَيْبًا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَأَخَذَتِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَٰرِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

    ج-ث-مص-ب-حد-و-رأ-خ-ذ

  • Al-Hijr 15:832 shared roots

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

    ص-ب-حأ-خ-ذ

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1552 shared roots

    وَٱخْتَارَ مُوسَىٰ قَوْمَهُۥ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا لِّمِيقَٰتِنَا فَلَمَّآ أَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ أَهْلَكْتَهُم مِّن قَبْلُ وَإِيَّٰىَ أَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَّآ إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَهْدِى مَن تَشَآءُ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْغَٰفِرِينَ

    ر-ج-فأ-خ-ذ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 29:37?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 29:37 include Quran 7:91 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 11:67 (Surah Hud), Quran 15:83 (Surah Al-Hijr), and Quran 51:44 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat). For example, 7:91 reads: “So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.” 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 29:37 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 29:37 (Surah Al-Ankaboot, The Spider) reads: “But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.”

Which surah is verse 29:37 in?

Quran 29:37 is āyah 37 of Surah Al-Ankaboot (The Spider), chapter 29 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 69 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 29:37?

Tartīl presents Quran 29:37 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.