Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 97·Makkī

97

لَهُۥ فِى ﴿٩٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They said, "Construct for him a furnace and throw him into the burning fire."

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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 · 4 roots in 5 of 7 words

Recitation · 11 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār2
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 31 letters · āyah 97 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 18:96 · Al-Kahfclose

    ءَاتُونِى زُبَرَ ٱلْحَدِيدِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيْنَ ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ ٱنفُخُوا۟ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَعَلَهُۥ نَارًا قَالَ ءَاتُونِىٓ أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًا

    Bring me sheets of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring…

  • Quran 20:10 · Taa-Haaclose

    إِذْ رَءَا نَارًا فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِقَبَسٍ أَوْ أَجِدُ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ هُدًى

    When he saw a fire and said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire; perhaps I can bring you a torch or find at the fire some guidance."

  • Quran 44:46 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

    Like the boiling of scalding water.

  • Quran 84:12 · Al-Inshiqaaqclose

    وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

    And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

  • Quran 21:68 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    قَالُوا۟ حَرِّقُوهُ وَٱنصُرُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ

    They said, "Burn him and support your gods - if you are to act."

  • Quran 38:61 · Saadclose

    قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِى ٱلنَّارِ

    They will say, "Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us - increase for him double punishment in the Fire."

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:432 shared roots

    قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

    ل-ق-يق-و-ل

  • Taa-Haa 20:192 shared roots

    قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَٰمُوسَىٰ

    ل-ق-يق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1152 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُلْقِينَ

    ل-ق-يق-و-ل

  • As-Sajda 32:232 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ فَلَا تَكُن فِى مِرْيَةٍ مِّن لِّقَآئِهِۦ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُ هُدًى لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

    ل-ق-يب-ن-ي

  • Taa-Haa 20:652 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ

    ل-ق-يق-و-ل

  • Al-Hijr 15:712 shared roots

    قَالَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ

    ب-ن-يق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:97?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:97 include Quran 18:96 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 20:10 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 44:46 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), and Quran 84:12 (Surah Al-Inshiqaaq). For example, 18:96 reads: “Bring me sheets of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring…” 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 37:97 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:97 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “They said, "Construct for him a furnace and throw him into the burning fire."”

Which surah is verse 37:97 in?

Quran 37:97 is āyah 97 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 37:97?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:97 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.