Surah Al-Muminoon · Ayah 37·Makkī

37

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا وَمَا نَحْنُ ﴿٣٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Life is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.

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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 · 4 roots in 5 of 10 words

Recitation · 13 points across 4 rule families

  • Iẓhār2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 42 letters · āyah 37 of 118

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 6:29 · Al-An'aamvery close

    وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

    And they say, "There is none but our worldly life, and we will not be resurrected."

  • Quran 44:35 · Ad-Dukhaanvery close

    إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ

    "There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.

  • Quran 50:43 · Qaafclose

    إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination

  • Quran 45:24 · Al-Jaathiyaclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ مَا هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَآ إِلَّا ٱلدَّهْرُ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

    And they say, "There is not but our worldly life; we die and live, and nothing destroys us except time." And they have of that no knowledge; they are only assuming.

  • Quran 37:59 · As-Saaffaatclose

    إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

    Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"

  • Quran 21:34 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ٱلْخُلْدَ أَفَإِي۟ن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِدُونَ

    And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?

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 23:37?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 23:37 include Quran 6:29 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 44:35 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), Quran 50:43 (Surah Qaaf), and Quran 45:24 (Surah Al-Jaathiya). For example, 6:29 reads: “And they say, "There is none but our worldly life, and we will not be resurrected."” 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 23:37 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 23:37 (Surah Al-Muminoon, The Believers) reads: “Life is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.”

Which surah is verse 23:37 in?

Quran 23:37 is āyah 37 of Surah Al-Muminoon (The Believers), chapter 23 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 118 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 23:37?

Tartīl presents Quran 23:37 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.