Surah Maryam · Ayah 40·Makkī

40

إِنَّا نَحْنُ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا ﴿٤٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Indeed, it is We who will inherit the earth and whoever is on it, and to Us they will be returned.

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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 8 words

Recitation · 8 points across 5 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Iẓhār1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 34 letters · āyah 40 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 20:55 · Taa-Haaclose

    مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ

    From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.

  • Quran 23:11 · Al-Muminoonclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلْفِرْدَوْسَ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

    Who will inherit al-Firdaus. They will abide therein eternally.

  • Quran 88:26 · Al-Ghaashiyaclose

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

    Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

  • Quran 15:23 · Al-Hijrclose

    وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ

    And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.

  • Quran 21:105 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِى ٱلزَّبُورِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلذِّكْرِ أَنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِىَ ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ

    And We have already written in the book [of Psalms] after the [previous] mention that the land [of Paradise] is inherited by My righteous servants.

  • Quran 78:5 · An-Nabaclose

    ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

    Then, no! They are going to know.

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.

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1092 shared roots

    وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

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  • Al-Hadid 57:52 shared roots

    لَّهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

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  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:1052 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِى ٱلزَّبُورِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلذِّكْرِ أَنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِىَ ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ

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  • Al-Qasas 28:52 shared roots

    وَنُرِيدُ أَن نَّمُنَّ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ

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  • Al-A'raaf 7:1282 shared roots

    قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ لِلَّهِ يُورِثُهَا مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَٱلْعَٰقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

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  • Al-Ahzaab 33:272 shared roots

    وَأَوْرَثَكُمْ أَرْضَهُمْ وَدِيَٰرَهُمْ وَأَمْوَٰلَهُمْ وَأَرْضًا لَّمْ تَطَـُٔوهَا وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرًا

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 19:40?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 19:40 include Quran 20:55 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 23:11 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 88:26 (Surah Al-Ghaashiya), and Quran 15:23 (Surah Al-Hijr). For example, 20:55 reads: “From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.” 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 19:40 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 19:40 (Surah Maryam, Mary) reads: “Indeed, it is We who will inherit the earth and whoever is on it, and to Us they will be returned.”

Which surah is verse 19:40 in?

Quran 19:40 is āyah 40 of Surah Maryam (Mary), chapter 19 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 98 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 19:40?

Tartīl presents Quran 19:40 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.