Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 13·Makkī

13

وَإِذَا لَا ﴿١٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when they are reminded, they remember not.

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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 · 1 root in 2 of 4 words

Recitation · 6 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Heavy rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 17 letters · āyah 13 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 21:41 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

  • Quran 21:65 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    ثُمَّ نُكِسُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمْ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ يَنطِقُونَ

    Then they reversed themselves, [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!"

  • Quran 88:22 · Al-Ghaashiyaclose

    لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

    You are not over them a controller.

  • Quran 9:65 · At-Tawbaclose

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلْعَبُ قُلْ أَبِٱللَّهِ وَءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَرَسُولِهِۦ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?"

  • Quran 5:58 · Al-Maaidaclose

    وَإِذَا نَادَيْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ٱتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَعْقِلُونَ

    And when you call to prayer, they take it in ridicule and amusement. That is because they are a people who do not use reason.

  • Quran 52:31 · At-Turclose

    قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ

    Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:13?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:13 include Quran 21:41 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 21:65 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 88:22 (Surah Al-Ghaashiya), and Quran 9:65 (Surah At-Tawba). For example, 21:41 reads: “And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.” 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 37:13 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:13 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “And when they are reminded, they remember not.”

Which surah is verse 37:13 in?

Quran 37:13 is āyah 13 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 37:13?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:13 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.