Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 59·Makkī

59

إِلَّا وَمَا نَحْنُ ﴿٥٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"

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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 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 28 letters · āyah 59 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 44:34 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ

    Indeed, these [disbelievers] are saying,

  • Quran 44:35 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ

    "There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.

  • Quran 44:57 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

    As bounty from your Lord. That is what is the great attainment.

  • Quran 56:60 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

    We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone

  • Quran 50:43 · Qaafclose

    إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination

  • Quran 21:34 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ٱلْخُلْدَ أَفَإِي۟ن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِدُونَ

    And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?

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.

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:563 shared roots

    لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    أ-و-لم-و-تع-ذ-ب

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:352 shared roots

    إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ

    أ-و-لم-و-ت

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:82 shared roots

    لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    أ-و-لم-و-ت

  • Al-A'raaf 7:392 shared roots

    وَقَالَتْ أُولَىٰهُمْ لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

    أ-و-لع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:452 shared roots

    فَوَقَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِ مَا مَكَرُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِـَٔالِ فِرْعَوْنَ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ

    أ-و-لع-ذ-ب

  • Faatir 35:362 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يُقْضَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَمُوتُوا۟ وَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُم مِّنْ عَذَابِهَا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى كُلَّ كَفُورٍ

    م-و-تع-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:59?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:59 include Quran 44:34 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), Quran 44:35 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), Quran 44:57 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), and Quran 56:60 (Surah Al-Waaqia). For example, 44:34 reads: “Indeed, these [disbelievers] are saying,” 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 37:59 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:59 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"”

Which surah is verse 37:59 in?

Quran 37:59 is āyah 59 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 37:59?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:59 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.