Surah Al-Qiyaama · Ayah 37·Makkī

37

أَلَمْ مِّن ﴿٣٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

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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 · 3 roots in 4 of 6 words

Recitation · 9 points across 5 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 18 letters · āyah 37 of 40

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 80:18 · Abasavery close

    مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

    From what substance did He create him?

  • Quran 36:77 · Yaseenclose

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ

    Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is a clear adversary?

  • Quran 86:5 · At-Taariqclose

    فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

    So let man observe from what he was created.

  • Quran 80:23 · Abasaclose

    كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

    No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

  • Quran 23:12 · Al-Muminoonclose

    وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن سُلَٰلَةٍ مِّن طِينٍ

    And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay.

  • Quran 35:11 · Faatirclose

    وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِۦ وَمَا يُعَمَّرُ مِن مُّعَمَّرٍ وَلَا يُنقَصُ مِنْ عُمُرِهِۦٓ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

    And Allah created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop; then He made you mates. And no female conceives nor does she give birth except with His knowledge. And no aged person is…

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.

  • An-Najm 53:462 shared roots

    مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ

    ن-ط-فم-ن-ي

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1432 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ كُنتُمْ تَمَنَّوْنَ ٱلْمَوْتَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَلْقَوْهُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمُوهُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ

    م-ن-يك-و-ن

  • Al-Baqara 2:942 shared roots

    قُلْ إِن كَانَتْ لَكُمُ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَالِصَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا۟ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    م-ن-يك-و-ن

  • Al-Jumu'a 62:62 shared roots

    قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوٓا۟ إِن زَعَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ لِلَّهِ مِن دُونِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا۟ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    م-ن-يك-و-ن

  • An-Nisaa 4:322 shared roots

    وَلَا تَتَمَنَّوْا۟ مَا فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا ٱكْتَسَبُوا۟ وَلِلنِّسَآءِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا ٱكْتَسَبْنَ وَسْـَٔلُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن فَضْلِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمًا

    م-ن-يك-و-ن

  • Al-Hadid 57:142 shared roots

    يُنَادُونَهُمْ أَلَمْ نَكُن مَّعَكُمْ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِنَّكُمْ فَتَنتُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَتَرَبَّصْتُمْ وَٱرْتَبْتُمْ وَغَرَّتْكُمُ ٱلْأَمَانِىُّ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ وَغَرَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْغَرُورُ

    م-ن-يك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 75:37?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 75:37 include Quran 80:18 (Surah Abasa), Quran 36:77 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 86:5 (Surah At-Taariq), and Quran 80:23 (Surah Abasa). For example, 80:18 reads: “From what substance did He create him?” 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 75:37 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 75:37 (Surah Al-Qiyaama, The Resurrection) reads: “Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?”

Which surah is verse 75:37 in?

Quran 75:37 is āyah 37 of Surah Al-Qiyaama (The Resurrection), chapter 75 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 40 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 75:37?

Tartīl presents Quran 75:37 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.