Surah Maryam · Ayah 78·Makkī

78

أَمِ ﴿٧٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken from the Most Merciful a promise?

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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 7 words

Recitation · 6 points across 4 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 28 letters · āyah 78 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 53:34 · An-Najmvery close

    وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ

    And gave a little and [then] refrained?

  • Quran 81:24 · At-Takwirvery close

    وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

    And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

  • Quran 53:35 · An-Najmvery close

    أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ

    Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?

  • Quran 96:12 · Al-Alaqclose

    أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ

    Or enjoins righteousness?

  • Quran 53:11 · An-Najmclose

    مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ

    The heart did not lie [about] what it saw.

  • Quran 11:88 · Hudclose

    قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّى وَرَزَقَنِى مِنْهُ رِزْقًا حَسَنًا وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُخَالِفَكُمْ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنْهَىٰكُمْ عَنْهُ إِنْ أُرِيدُ إِلَّا ٱلْإِصْلَٰحَ مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُ وَمَا تَوْفِيقِىٓ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ

    He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I am upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has provided me with a good provision from Him...? And I do not intend to differ from…

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.

  • Maryam 19:874 shared roots

    لَّا يَمْلِكُونَ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَهْدًا

    ع-ه-دع-ن-دأ-خ-ذر-ح-م

  • Maryam 19:874 shared roots

    لَّا يَمْلِكُونَ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَهْدًا

    ع-ه-دع-ن-دأ-خ-ذر-ح-م

  • Al-Qalam 68:472 shared roots

    أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

    غ-ي-بع-ن-د

  • At-Tur 52:412 shared roots

    أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

    غ-ي-بع-ن-د

  • An-Najm 53:352 shared roots

    أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ

    غ-ي-بع-ن-د

  • Al-Hashr 59:222 shared roots

    هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ هُوَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    غ-ي-بر-ح-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 19:78?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 19:78 include Quran 53:34 (Surah An-Najm), Quran 81:24 (Surah At-Takwir), Quran 53:35 (Surah An-Najm), and Quran 96:12 (Surah Al-Alaq). For example, 53:34 reads: “And gave a little and [then] refrained?” 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 19:78 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 19:78 (Surah Maryam, Mary) reads: “Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken from the Most Merciful a promise?”

Which surah is verse 19:78 in?

Quran 19:78 is āyah 78 of Surah Maryam (Mary), chapter 19 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 98 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 19:78?

Tartīl presents Quran 19:78 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.