Surah Maryam · Ayah 38·Makkī

38

بِهِمْ لَٰكِنِ فِى ﴿٣٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error.

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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 · 7 roots in 8 of 11 words

Recitation · 14 points across 6 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 46 letters · āyah 38 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 37:176 · As-Saaffaatvery close

    أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

    Then for Our punishment are they impatient?

  • Quran 21:97 · Al-Anbiyaavery close

    وَٱقْتَرَبَ ٱلْوَعْدُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِىَ شَٰخِصَةٌ أَبْصَٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا قَدْ كُنَّا فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَٰذَا بَلْ كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    And [when] the true promise has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of…

  • Quran 77:18 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    Thus do We deal with the criminals.

  • Quran 27:82 · An-Namlclose

    وَإِذَا وَقَعَ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَخْرَجْنَا لَهُمْ دَآبَّةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا لَا يُوقِنُونَ

    And when the word befalls them, We will bring forth for them a creature from the earth speaking to them, [saying] that the people were, of Our verses, not certain [in faith].

  • Quran 23:106 · Al-Muminoonclose

    قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا شِقْوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوْمًا ضَآلِّينَ

    They will say, "Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us, and we were a people astray.

  • Quran 6:55 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ وَلِتَسْتَبِينَ سَبِيلُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    And thus do We detail the verses, and [thus] the way of the criminals will become evident.

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.

  • Yaseen 36:242 shared roots

    إِنِّىٓ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ض-ل-لب-ي-ن

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:972 shared roots

    تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ض-ل-لب-ي-ن

  • Luqman 31:113 shared roots

    هَٰذَا خَلْقُ ٱللَّهِ فَأَرُونِى مَاذَا خَلَقَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِۦ بَلِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ض-ل-لظ-ل-مب-ي-ن

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:503 shared roots

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ تَكُ تَأْتِيكُمْ رُسُلُكُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ قَالُوا۟ فَٱدْعُوا۟ وَمَا دُعَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍ

    ض-ل-لب-ي-نأ-ت-ي

  • At-Tur 52:383 shared roots

    أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

    س-م-عب-ي-نأ-ت-ي

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1982 shared roots

    وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَا يَسْمَعُوا۟ وَتَرَىٰهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

    ب-ص-رس-م-ع

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 19:38?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 19:38 include Quran 37:176 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 21:97 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 77:18 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), and Quran 27:82 (Surah An-Naml). For example, 37:176 reads: “Then for Our punishment are they impatient?” 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 19:38 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 19:38 (Surah Maryam, Mary) reads: “How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error.”

Which surah is verse 19:38 in?

Quran 19:38 is āyah 38 of Surah Maryam (Mary), chapter 19 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 98 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 19:38?

Tartīl presents Quran 19:38 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.