Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 38·Makkī

38

إِنَّكُمْ ﴿٣٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Indeed, you [disbelievers] will be tasters of the painful 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 · 3 roots in 3 of 4 words

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Lām qamariyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 23 letters · āyah 38 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 33:8 · Al-Ahzaabvery close

    لِّيَسْـَٔلَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ عَن صِدْقِهِمْ وَأَعَدَّ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

    That He may question the truthful about their truth. And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful punishment.

  • Quran 26:188 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

    He said, "My Lord is most knowing of what you do."

  • Quran 41:43 · Fussilatclose

    مَّا يُقَالُ لَكَ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ قِيلَ لِلرُّسُلِ مِن قَبْلِكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغْفِرَةٍ وَذُو عِقَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    Nothing is said to you, [O Muhammad], except what was already said to the messengers before you. Indeed, your Lord is a possessor of forgiveness and a possessor of painful penalty.

  • Quran 39:24 · Az-Zumarclose

    أَفَمَن يَتَّقِى بِوَجْهِهِۦ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَقِيلَ لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

    Then is he who will shield with his face the worst of the punishment on the Day of Resurrection [like one secure from it]? And it will be said to the wrongdoers, "Taste what you…

  • Quran 37:32 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَأَغْوَيْنَٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ

    And we led you to deviation; indeed, we were deviators."

  • Quran 3:3 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَنزَلَ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ

    He has sent down upon you, [O Muhammad], the Book in truth, confirming what was before it. And He revealed the Torah and the Gospel.

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 37:38?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:38 include Quran 33:8 (Surah Al-Ahzaab), Quran 26:188 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 41:43 (Surah Fussilat), and Quran 39:24 (Surah Az-Zumar). For example, 33:8 reads: “That He may question the truthful about their truth. And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful punishment.” 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 37:38 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:38 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “Indeed, you [disbelievers] will be tasters of the painful punishment,”

Which surah is verse 37:38 in?

Quran 37:38 is āyah 38 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 37:38?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:38 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.