Surah Saad · Ayah 5·Makkī

5

إِنَّ هَٰذَا ﴿٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Has he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious thing."

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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 6 of 8 words

Recitation · 11 points across 4 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 32 letters · āyah 5 of 88

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 4:158 · An-Nisaaclose

    بَل رَّفَعَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا

    Rather, Allah raised him to Himself. And ever is Allah Exalted in Might and Wise.

  • Quran 112:1 · Al-Ikhlaasclose

    قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ

    Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One,

  • Quran 37:87 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    Then what is your thought about the Lord of the worlds?"

  • Quran 27:61 · An-Namlclose

    أَمَّن جَعَلَ ٱلْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَجَعَلَ خِلَٰلَهَآ أَنْهَٰرًا وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزًا أَءِلَٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    Is He [not best] who made the earth a stable ground and placed within it rivers and made for it firmly set mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier? Is there a deity…

  • Quran 19:78 · Maryamclose

    أَطَّلَعَ ٱلْغَيْبَ أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَهْدًا

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

  • Quran 36:81 · Yaseenclose

    أَوَلَيْسَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُم بَلَىٰ وَهُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    Is not He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the likes of them? Yes, [it is so]; and He is the Knowing Creator.

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 37:42 shared roots

    إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌ

    و-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • Qaaf 50:22 shared roots

    بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

    ع-ج-بش-ي-أ

  • Al-Baqara 2:1632 shared roots

    وَإِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    و-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • An-Nahl 16:934 shared roots

    وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَلَٰكِن يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ وَلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    و-ح-دج-ع-لش-ي-أأ-ل-ه

  • Ash-Shura 42:84 shared roots

    وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَهُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَلَٰكِن يُدْخِلُ مَن يَشَآءُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦ وَٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ مَا لَهُم مِّن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

    و-ح-دج-ع-لش-ي-أأ-ل-ه

  • Hud 11:1183 shared roots

    وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ

    و-ح-دج-ع-لش-ي-أ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 38:5?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 38:5 include Quran 4:158 (Surah An-Nisaa), Quran 112:1 (Surah Al-Ikhlaas), Quran 37:87 (Surah As-Saaffaat), and Quran 27:61 (Surah An-Naml). For example, 4:158 reads: “Rather, Allah raised him to Himself. And ever is Allah Exalted in Might and Wise.” 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 38:5 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 38:5 (Surah Saad, The letter Saad) reads: “Has he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious thing."”

Which surah is verse 38:5 in?

Quran 38:5 is āyah 5 of Surah Saad (The letter Saad), chapter 38 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 88 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 38:5?

Tartīl presents Quran 38:5 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.