Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 39·Makkī

39

وَمَا إِلَّا مَا ﴿٣٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do -

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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 6 words

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 23 letters · āyah 39 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 43:39 · Az-Zukhrufvery close

    وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِذ ظَّلَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

    And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are [all] sharing in the punishment.

  • Quran 36:54 · Yaseenclose

    فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    So today no soul will be wronged at all, and you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do.

  • Quran 10:52 · Yunusclose

    ثُمَّ قِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلْخُلْدِ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

    Then it will be said to those who had wronged, "Taste the punishment of eternity; are you being recompensed except for what you used to earn?"

  • Quran 66:7 · At-Tahrimclose

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    O you who have disbelieved, make no excuses that Day. You will only be recompensed for what you used to do.

  • Quran 52:16 · At-Turclose

    ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    [Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do."

  • Quran 82:10 · Al-Infitaarclose

    وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَٰفِظِينَ

    And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,

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-Waaqia 56:243 shared roots

    جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    ج-ز-يع-م-لك-و-ن

  • Yaseen 36:543 shared roots

    فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    ج-ز-يع-م-لك-و-ن

  • Al-Hijr 15:932 shared roots

    عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    ع-م-لك-و-ن

  • Yusuf 12:742 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ فَمَا جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥٓ إِن كُنتُمْ كَٰذِبِينَ

    ج-ز-يك-و-ن

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:143 shared roots

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    ج-ز-يع-م-لك-و-ن

  • Al-Qasas 28:843 shared roots

    مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهَا وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجْزَى ٱلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    ج-ز-يع-م-لك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:39?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:39 include Quran 43:39 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 36:54 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 10:52 (Surah Yunus), and Quran 66:7 (Surah At-Tahrim). For example, 43:39 reads: “And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are [all] sharing in the 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 37:39 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:39 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “And you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do -”

Which surah is verse 37:39 in?

Quran 37:39 is āyah 39 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 37:39?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:39 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.