Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 87·Makkī

87

فَمَا ﴿٨٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Then what is your thought about the Lord of the worlds?"

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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 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Ghunnah1
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 17 letters · āyah 87 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 7:140 · Al-A'raafvery close

    قَالَ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَٰهًا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    He said, "Is it other than Allah I should desire for you as a god while He has preferred you over the worlds?"

  • Quran 17:43 · Al-Israaclose

    سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا

    Exalted is He and high above what they say by great sublimity.

  • Quran 14:20 · Ibrahimclose

    وَمَا ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٍ

    And that is not difficult for Allah.

  • Quran 45:13 · Al-Jaathiyaclose

    وَسَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مِّنْهُ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

    And He has subjected to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth - all from Him. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

  • Quran 38:5 · Saadclose

    أَجَعَلَ ٱلْـَٔالِهَةَ إِلَٰهًا وَٰحِدًا إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌ

    Has he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious thing."

  • Quran 96:12 · Al-Alaqclose

    أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ

    Or enjoins righteousness?

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-Baqara 2:462 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَٰقُوا۟ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ

    ظ-ن-نر-ب-ب

  • An-Najm 53:282 shared roots

    وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا

    ظ-ن-نع-ل-م

  • Al-Baqara 2:782 shared roots

    وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ إِلَّآ أَمَانِىَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

    ظ-ن-نع-ل-م

  • Al-Israa 17:1023 shared roots

    قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَآ أَنزَلَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ بَصَآئِرَ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَٰفِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُورًا

    ظ-ن-نع-ل-مر-ب-ب

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:232 shared roots

    قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ع-ل-مر-ب-ب

  • Yunus 10:362 shared roots

    وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ إِلَّا ظَنًّا إِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ

    ظ-ن-نع-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:87?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:87 include Quran 7:140 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 17:43 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 14:20 (Surah Ibrahim), and Quran 45:13 (Surah Al-Jaathiya). For example, 7:140 reads: “He said, "Is it other than Allah I should desire for you as a god while He has preferred you over the worlds?"” 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 37:87 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:87 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “Then what is your thought about the Lord of the worlds?"”

Which surah is verse 37:87 in?

Quran 37:87 is āyah 87 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 37:87?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:87 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.