Surah Muhammad · Ayah 37·Madanī

37

إِن ﴿٣٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

If He should ask you for them and press you, you would withhold, and He would expose your unwillingness.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 6 words

Rarest here: ض-غ-ن — 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 9 points across 5 rule families

  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Qalqalah2
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 34 letters · āyah 37 of 38

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 67:21 · Al-Mulkclose

    أَمَّنْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَرْزُقُكُمْ إِنْ أَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهُۥ بَل لَّجُّوا۟ فِى عُتُوٍّ وَنُفُورٍ

    Or who is it that could provide for you if He withheld His provision? But they have persisted in insolence and aversion.

  • Quran 23:108 · Al-Muminoonclose

    قَالَ ٱخْسَـُٔوا۟ فِيهَا وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ

    He will say, "Remain despised therein and do not speak to Me.

  • Quran 6:41 · Al-An'aamclose

    بَلْ إِيَّاهُ تَدْعُونَ فَيَكْشِفُ مَا تَدْعُونَ إِلَيْهِ إِن شَآءَ وَتَنسَوْنَ مَا تُشْرِكُونَ

    No, it is Him [alone] you would invoke, and He would remove that for which you invoked Him if He willed, and you would forget what you associate [with Him].

  • Quran 60:2 · Al-Mumtahanaclose

    إِن يَثْقَفُوكُمْ يَكُونُوا۟ لَكُمْ أَعْدَآءً وَيَبْسُطُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَلْسِنَتَهُم بِٱلسُّوٓءِ وَوَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ

    If they gain dominance over you, they would be to you as enemies and extend against you their hands and their tongues with evil, and they wish you would disbelieve.

  • Quran 11:80 · Hudclose

    قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِى بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ ءَاوِىٓ إِلَىٰ رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ

    He said, "If only I had against you some power or could take refuge in a strong support."

  • Quran 29:29 · Al-Ankabootclose

    أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ وَتَقْطَعُونَ ٱلسَّبِيلَ وَتَأْتُونَ فِى نَادِيكُمُ ٱلْمُنكَرَ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱئْتِنَا بِعَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    Indeed, you approach men and obstruct the road and commit in your meetings [every] evil." And the answer of his people was not but they said, "Bring us the punishment of Allah, if…

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.

  • Muhammad 47:292 shared roots

    أَمْ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ أَن لَّن يُخْرِجَ ٱللَّهُ أَضْغَٰنَهُمْ

    ض-غ-نخ-ر-ج

  • Muhammad 47:292 shared roots

    أَمْ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ أَن لَّن يُخْرِجَ ٱللَّهُ أَضْغَٰنَهُمْ

    ض-غ-نخ-ر-ج

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1872 shared roots

    يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ثَقُلَتْ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَا تَأْتِيكُمْ إِلَّا بَغْتَةً يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِىٌّ عَنْهَا قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    ح-ف-وس-أ-ل

  • Al-Muminoon 23:722 shared roots

    أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ خَرْجًا فَخَرَاجُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ

    س-أ-لخ-ر-ج

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 47:37?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 47:37 include Quran 67:21 (Surah Al-Mulk), Quran 23:108 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 6:41 (Surah Al-An'aam), and Quran 60:2 (Surah Al-Mumtahana). For example, 67:21 reads: “Or who is it that could provide for you if He withheld His provision? But they have persisted in insolence and aversion.” 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 47:37 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 47:37 (Surah Muhammad, Muhammad) reads: “If He should ask you for them and press you, you would withhold, and He would expose your unwillingness.”

Which surah is verse 47:37 in?

Quran 47:37 is āyah 37 of Surah Muhammad (Muhammad), chapter 47 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 38 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 47:37?

Tartīl presents Quran 47:37 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.