Surah Al-Israa · Ayah 38·Makkī

38

ذَٰلِكَ ﴿٣٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

All that - its evil is ever, in the sight of your Lord, detested.

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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

Recitation · 7 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Heavy rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 24 letters · āyah 38 of 111

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 43:62 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

    And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

  • Quran 61:3 · As-Saffclose

    كَبُرَ مَقْتًا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ

    Great is hatred in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not do.

  • Quran 67:6 · Al-Mulkclose

    وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    And for those who disbelieved in their Lord is the punishment of Hell, and wretched is the destination.

  • Quran 11:83 · Hudclose

    مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ وَمَا هِىَ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ بِبَعِيدٍ

    Marked from your Lord. And Allah 's punishment is not from the wrongdoers [very] far.

  • Quran 11:102 · Hudclose

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَآ أَخَذَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَهِىَ ظَٰلِمَةٌ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُۥٓ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ

    And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the cities while they are committing wrong. Indeed, His seizure is painful and severe.

  • Quran 30:10 · Ar-Roomclose

    ثُمَّ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔوا۟ ٱلسُّوٓأَىٰٓ أَن كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَكَانُوا۟ بِهَا يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    Then the end of those who did evil was the worst [consequence] because they denied the signs of Allah and used to ridicule them.

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.

  • Yunus 10:994 shared roots

    وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَـَٔامَنَ مَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعًا أَفَأَنتَ تُكْرِهُ ٱلنَّاسَ حَتَّىٰ يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

    ك-ر-هك-ل-لر-ب-بك-و-ن

  • Hud 11:284 shared roots

    قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّى وَءَاتَىٰنِى رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِهِۦ فَعُمِّيَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَا وَأَنتُمْ لَهَا كَٰرِهُونَ

    ك-ر-هع-ن-در-ب-بك-و-ن

  • Al-Muddaththir 74:162 shared roots

    كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا

    ع-ن-دك-و-ن

  • As-Saff 61:92 shared roots

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُۥ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَدِينِ ٱلْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلدِّينِ كُلِّهِۦ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْمُشْرِكُونَ

    ك-ر-هك-ل-ل

  • At-Tawba 9:332 shared roots

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُۥ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَدِينِ ٱلْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلدِّينِ كُلِّهِۦ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْمُشْرِكُونَ

    ك-ر-هك-ل-ل

  • Qaaf 50:242 shared roots

    أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

    ع-ن-دك-ل-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 17:38?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 17:38 include Quran 43:62 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 61:3 (Surah As-Saff), Quran 67:6 (Surah Al-Mulk), and Quran 11:83 (Surah Hud). For example, 43:62 reads: “And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.” 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 17:38 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 17:38 (Surah Al-Israa, The Night Journey) reads: “All that - its evil is ever, in the sight of your Lord, detested.”

Which surah is verse 17:38 in?

Quran 17:38 is āyah 38 of Surah Al-Israa (The Night Journey), chapter 17 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 111 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 17:38?

Tartīl presents Quran 17:38 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.