Surah An-Naba · Ayah 39·Makkī

39

ذَٰلِكَ فَمَن إِلَىٰ ﴿٣٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

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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 9 words

Recitation · 8 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 33 letters · āyah 39 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 75:12 · Al-Qiyaamavery close

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

    To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

  • Quran 73:19 · Al-Muzzammilclose

    إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا

    Indeed, this is a reminder, so whoever wills may take to his Lord a way.

  • Quran 2:46 · Al-Baqaraclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَٰقُوا۟ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ

    Who are certain that they will meet their Lord and that they will return to Him.

  • Quran 83:6 · Al-Mutaffifinclose

    يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

  • Quran 19:71 · Maryamclose

    وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ حَتْمًا مَّقْضِيًّا

    And there is none of you except he will come to it. This is upon your Lord an inevitability decreed.

  • Quran 50:42 · Qaafclose

    يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ

    The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves].

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-Israa 17:252 shared roots

    رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِى نُفُوسِكُمْ إِن تَكُونُوا۟ صَٰلِحِينَ فَإِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِلْأَوَّٰبِينَ غَفُورًا

    أ-و-بر-ب-ب

  • Al-Insaan 76:293 shared roots

    إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا

    أ-خ-ذش-ي-أر-ب-ب

  • Al-Muzzammil 73:193 shared roots

    إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا

    أ-خ-ذش-ي-أر-ب-ب

  • Saad 38:442 shared roots

    وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًا فَٱضْرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَٰهُ صَابِرًا نِّعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ

    أ-و-بأ-خ-ذ

  • At-Takwir 81:292 shared roots

    وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ش-ي-أر-ب-ب

  • Al-Furqaan 25:573 shared roots

    قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ أَن يَتَّخِذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا

    أ-خ-ذش-ي-أر-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 78:39?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 78:39 include Quran 75:12 (Surah Al-Qiyaama), Quran 73:19 (Surah Al-Muzzammil), Quran 2:46 (Surah Al-Baqara), and Quran 83:6 (Surah Al-Mutaffifin). For example, 75:12 reads: “To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.” 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 78:39 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 78:39 (Surah An-Naba, The Announcement) reads: “That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.”

Which surah is verse 78:39 in?

Quran 78:39 is āyah 39 of Surah An-Naba (The Announcement), chapter 78 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 40 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 78:39?

Tartīl presents Quran 78:39 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.