Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 12·Makkī

12

بَلْ ﴿١٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

But you wonder, while they mock,

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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 · 2 roots in 2 of 3 words

Recitation · 3 points across 3 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 13 letters · āyah 12 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 16:56 · An-Nahlclose

    وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ نَصِيبًا مِّمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ تَٱللَّهِ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمْ تَفْتَرُونَ

    And they assign to what they do not know a portion of that which We have provided them. By Allah, you will surely be questioned about what you used to invent.

  • Quran 17:50 · Al-Israaclose

    قُلْ كُونُوا۟ حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا

    Say, "Be you stones or iron

  • Quran 7:173 · Al-A'raafclose

    أَوْ تَقُولُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَشْرَكَ ءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

    Or [lest] you say, "It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] with Allah before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the…

  • Quran 43:87 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

    And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allah." So how are they deluded?

  • Quran 43:58 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًۢا بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ

    And they said, "Are your gods better, or is he?" They did not present the comparison except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.

  • Quran 6:6 · Al-An'aamclose

    أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ مَّكَّنَّٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَا لَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّكُمْ وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْهِم مِّدْرَارًا وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرَ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمْ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَأَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا ءَاخَرِينَ

    Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them which We had established upon the earth as We have not established you? And We sent [rain from] the sky upon them…

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:12?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:12 include Quran 16:56 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 17:50 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 7:173 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 43:87 (Surah Az-Zukhruf). For example, 16:56 reads: “And they assign to what they do not know a portion of that which We have provided them. By Allah, you will surely be questioned about what you used to invent.” 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 37:12 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:12 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “But you wonder, while they mock,”

Which surah is verse 37:12 in?

Quran 37:12 is āyah 12 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 37:12?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:12 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.