Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 19·Makkī

19

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ فَإِذَا هُمْ ﴿١٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing.

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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 7 words

Rarest here: ز-ج-ر 6× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 12 points across 6 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Qalqalah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 27 letters · āyah 19 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.

  • فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

    Indeed, it will be but one shout,

  • إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ

    It will not be but one blast, and at once they are all brought present before Us.

  • وَمَا يَنظُرُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٍ

    And these [disbelievers] await not but one blast [of the Horn]; for it there will be no delay.

  • مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ

    They do not await except one blast which will seize them while they are disputing.

  • فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

    And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.

  • إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَٰمِدُونَ

    It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished.

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.

  • An-Naazi'aat 79:132 shared roots

    فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

    ز-ج-رو-ح-د

  • Saad 38:152 shared roots

    وَمَا يَنظُرُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٍ

    و-ح-دن-ظ-ر

  • Yaseen 36:492 shared roots

    مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ

    و-ح-دن-ظ-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:19?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:19 include Quran 79:13 (Surah An-Naazi'aat), Quran 36:53 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 38:15 (Surah Saad), and Quran 36:49 (Surah Yaseen). For example, 79:13 reads: “Indeed, it will be but one shout,” 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 37:19 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:19 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing.”

Which surah is verse 37:19 in?

Quran 37:19 is āyah 19 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 37:19?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:19 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.