Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 116·Makkī

116

هُمُ ﴿١١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We supported them so it was they who overcame.

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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 3 of 4 words

Recitation · 7 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 22 letters · āyah 116 of 182

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 21:9 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    ثُمَّ صَدَقْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْوَعْدَ فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُمْ وَمَن نَّشَآءُ وَأَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

    Then We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.

  • Quran 21:88 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُـۨجِى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.

  • Quran 26:170 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

    So We saved him and his family, all,

  • Quran 37:172 · As-Saaffaatclose

    إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَنصُورُونَ

    [That] indeed, they would be those given victory

  • Quran 7:52 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَلَقَدْ جِئْنَٰهُم بِكِتَٰبٍ فَصَّلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ هُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    And We had certainly brought them a Book which We detailed by knowledge - as guidance and mercy to a people who believe.

  • Quran 29:15 · Al-Ankabootclose

    فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَصْحَٰبَ ٱلسَّفِينَةِ وَجَعَلْنَٰهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    But We saved him and the companions of the ship, and We made it a sign for the worlds.

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-Qamar 54:102 shared roots

    فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ

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  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:402 shared roots

    لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ

    غ-ل-بك-و-ن

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1602 shared roots

    إِن يَنصُرْكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَلَا غَالِبَ لَكُمْ وَإِن يَخْذُلْكُمْ فَمَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَنصُرُكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

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  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:412 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ

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  • Al-A'raaf 7:1132 shared roots

    وَجَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ

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  • Al-Muminoon 23:1062 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا شِقْوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوْمًا ضَآلِّينَ

    غ-ل-بك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:116?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:116 include Quran 21:9 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 21:88 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 26:170 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 37:172 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 21:9 reads: “Then We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.” 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 37:116 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:116 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “And We supported them so it was they who overcame.”

Which surah is verse 37:116 in?

Quran 37:116 is āyah 116 of Surah As-Saaffaat (Those drawn up in Ranks), chapter 37 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 182 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 37:116?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:116 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.