Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 51·Makkī

51

مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى لِى ﴿٥١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

A speaker among them will say, "Indeed, I had a companion [on earth]

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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 4 of 7 words

Recitation · 11 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 23 letters · āyah 51 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.

  • وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآءِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ

    And [warn of] the Day He will call them and say, "Where are my 'partners' which you used to claim?"

  • قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

    He said, "Yes, and, [moreover], you will be among those made near [to me]."

  • قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَٰذَا فَسْـَٔلُوهُمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ يَنطِقُونَ

    He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."

  • قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

    They will say, "Indeed, you used to come at us from the right."

  • حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ

    Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "Oh, I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west - how wretched a companion."

  • ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا

    Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly

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.

  • Qaaf 50:232 shared roots

    وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ

    ق-ر-نق-و-ل

  • Qaaf 50:273 shared roots

    قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

    ق-ر-نك-و-نق-و-ل

  • Al-Kahf 18:832 shared roots

    وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَن ذِى ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ قُلْ سَأَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا

    ق-ر-نق-و-ل

  • Taa-Haa 20:512 shared roots

    قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

    ق-ر-نق-و-ل

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:382 shared roots

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ

    ق-ر-نق-و-ل

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:133 shared roots

    لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِۦ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُۥ مُقْرِنِينَ

    ق-ر-نك-و-نق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:51?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:51 include Quran 28:74 (Surah Al-Qasas), Quran 7:114 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 21:63 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 37:28 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 28:74 reads: “And [warn of] the Day He will call them and say, "Where are my 'partners' which you used to claim?"” 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 37:51 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:51 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “A speaker among them will say, "Indeed, I had a companion [on earth]”

Which surah is verse 37:51 in?

Quran 37:51 is āyah 51 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 37:51?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:51 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.