Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 31·Makkī

31

عَلَيْنَا إِنَّا ﴿٣١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So the word of our Lord has come into effect upon us; indeed, we will taste [punishment].

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 6 words

Recitation · 5 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 25 letters · āyah 31 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 41:50 · Fussilatclose

    وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَٰهُ رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ هَٰذَا لِى وَمَآ أَظُنُّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَآئِمَةً وَلَئِن رُّجِعْتُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّىٓ إِنَّ لِى عِندَهُۥ لَلْحُسْنَىٰ فَلَنُنَبِّئَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ

    And if We let him taste mercy from Us after an adversity which has touched him, he will surely say, "This is [due] to me, and I do not think the Hour will occur; and [even] if I…

  • Quran 37:38 · As-Saaffaatclose

    إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ

    Indeed, you [disbelievers] will be tasters of the painful punishment,

  • Quran 38:16 · Saadclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    And they say, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account"

  • Quran 28:63 · Al-Qasasclose

    قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ رَبَّنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَغْوَيْنَآ أَغْوَيْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا غَوَيْنَا تَبَرَّأْنَآ إِلَيْكَ مَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِيَّانَا يَعْبُدُونَ

    Those upon whom the word will have come into effect will say, "Our Lord, these are the ones we led to error. We led them to error just as we were in error. We declare our…

  • Quran 78:29 · An-Nabaclose

    وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا

    But all things We have enumerated in writing.

  • Quran 17:10 · Al-Israaclose

    وَأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

    And that those who do not believe in the Hereafter - We have prepared for them a painful punishment.

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.

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:344 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ أَلَيْسَ هَٰذَا بِٱلْحَقِّ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّنَا قَالَ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

    ذ-و-قح-ق-قر-ب-بق-و-ل

  • Saad 38:842 shared roots

    قَالَ فَٱلْحَقُّ وَٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ

    ح-ق-قق-و-ل

  • Al-An'aam 6:304 shared roots

    وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ وُقِفُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ هَٰذَا بِٱلْحَقِّ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّنَا قَالَ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

    ذ-و-قح-ق-قر-ب-بق-و-ل

  • Taa-Haa 20:492 shared roots

    قَالَ فَمَن رَّبُّكُمَا يَٰمُوسَىٰ

    ر-ب-بق-و-ل

  • Al-Inshiqaaq 84:52 shared roots

    وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

    ح-ق-قر-ب-ب

  • Al-Inshiqaaq 84:22 shared roots

    وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

    ح-ق-قر-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:31?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:31 include Quran 41:50 (Surah Fussilat), Quran 37:38 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 38:16 (Surah Saad), and Quran 28:63 (Surah Al-Qasas). For example, 41:50 reads: “And if We let him taste mercy from Us after an adversity which has touched him, he will surely say, "This is [due] to me, and I do not think the Hour will occur; and [even] if I…” 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 37:31 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:31 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “So the word of our Lord has come into effect upon us; indeed, we will taste [punishment].”

Which surah is verse 37:31 in?

Quran 37:31 is āyah 31 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 37:31?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:31 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.