Surah Maryam · Ayah 19·Makkī

19

إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ لَكِ ﴿١٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy."

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 9 words

Recitation · 8 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ikhfāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 31 letters · āyah 19 of 98

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 37:100 · As-Saaffaatvery close

    رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    My Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous."

  • Quran 7:61 · Al-A'raafvery close

    قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى ضَلَٰلَةٌ وَلَٰكِنِّى رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    [Noah] said, "O my people, there is not error in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds."

  • Quran 21:25 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعْبُدُونِ

    And We sent not before you any messenger except that We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."

  • Quran 3:41 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجْعَل لِّىٓ ءَايَةً قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا رَمْزًا وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ كَثِيرًا وَسَبِّحْ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ وَٱلْإِبْكَٰرِ

    He said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He Said, "Your sign is that you will not [be able to] speak to the people for three days except by gesture. And remember your Lord much and…

  • Quran 38:35 · Saadclose

    قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَهَبْ لِى مُلْكًا لَّا يَنۢبَغِى لِأَحَدٍ مِّنۢ بَعْدِىٓ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ

    He said, "My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as will not belong to anyone after me. Indeed, You are the Bestower."

  • Quran 44:6 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    As mercy from your Lord. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

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.

  • As-Saaffaat 37:1002 shared roots

    رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    و-ه-بر-ب-ب

  • An-Naazi'aat 79:182 shared roots

    فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

    ز-ك-وق-و-ل

  • Al-Kahf 18:743 shared roots

    فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَٰمًا فَقَتَلَهُۥ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةًۢ بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا نُّكْرًا

    غ-ل-مز-ك-وق-و-ل

  • Maryam 19:202 shared roots

    قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا

    غ-ل-مق-و-ل

  • Maryam 19:202 shared roots

    قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا

    غ-ل-مق-و-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:213 shared roots

    فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    و-ه-بر-س-لر-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 19:19?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 19:19 include Quran 37:100 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 7:61 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 21:25 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 3:41 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan). For example, 37:100 reads: “My Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous."” 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 19:19 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 19:19 (Surah Maryam, Mary) reads: “He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy."”

Which surah is verse 19:19 in?

Quran 19:19 is āyah 19 of Surah Maryam (Mary), chapter 19 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 98 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 19:19?

Tartīl presents Quran 19:19 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.