Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 136·Makkī

136

ثُمَّ ﴿١٣٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Then We destroyed the others.

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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

Rarest here: د-م-ر 10× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd munfaṣil3
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 15 letters · āyah 136 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.

  • ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

    Then We destroyed the others.

  • إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

    Except an old woman among those who remained behind.

  • فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

    So We saved him and his family, all,

  • أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    Did We not destroy the former peoples?

  • وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

    And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember?

  • وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ هِىَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِّن قَرْيَتِكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَخْرَجَتْكَ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمْ

    And how many a city was stronger than your city [Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them.

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 37:136?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:136 include Quran 26:172 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:171 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:170 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 77:16 (Surah Al-Mursalaat). For example, 26:172 reads: “Then We destroyed the others.” 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 37:136 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:136 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “Then We destroyed the others.”

Which surah is verse 37:136 in?

Quran 37:136 is āyah 136 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 37:136?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:136 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.