Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 128·Makkī

128

إِلَّا ﴿١٢٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Except the chosen servants of Allah.

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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 · 6 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 19 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 128 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 23:40 · Al-Muminoonvery close

    قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ لَّيُصْبِحُنَّ نَٰدِمِينَ

    [Allah] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."

  • Quran 2:167 · Al-Baqaravery close

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تَبَرَّءُوا۟ مِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ يُرِيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ حَسَرَٰتٍ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَا هُم بِخَٰرِجِينَ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ

    Those who followed will say, "If only we had another turn [at worldly life] so we could disassociate ourselves from them as they have disassociated themselves from us." Thus will…

  • Quran 28:82 · Al-Qasasvery close

    وَأَصْبَحَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَمَنَّوْا۟ مَكَانَهُۥ بِٱلْأَمْسِ يَقُولُونَ وَيْكَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقْدِرُ لَوْلَآ أَن مَّنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا لَخَسَفَ بِنَا وَيْكَأَنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

    And those who had wished for his position the previous day began to say, "Oh, how Allah extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it! If not that Allah had…

  • Quran 9:90 · At-Tawbavery close

    وَجَآءَ ٱلْمُعَذِّرُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ لِيُؤْذَنَ لَهُمْ وَقَعَدَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ سَيُصِيبُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    And those with excuses among the bedouins came to be permitted [to remain], and they who had lied to Allah and His Messenger sat [at home]. There will strike those who disbelieved…

  • Quran 25:17 · Al-Furqaanvery close

    وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمْ أَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَادِى هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا۟ ٱلسَّبِيلَ

    And [mention] the Day He will gather them and that which they worship besides Allah and will say, "Did you mislead these, My servants, or did they [themselves] stray from the way?"

  • Quran 37:73 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

    Then look how was the end of those who were warned -

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 37:128?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:128 include Quran 23:40 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 2:167 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 28:82 (Surah Al-Qasas), and Quran 9:90 (Surah At-Tawba). For example, 23:40 reads: “[Allah] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."” 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 37:128 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:128 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “Except the chosen servants of Allah.”

Which surah is verse 37:128 in?

Quran 37:128 is āyah 128 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 37:128?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:128 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.