Surah Saad · Ayah 53·Makkī

53

هَٰذَا مَا ﴿٥٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

This is what you, [the righteous], are promised for the Day of Account.

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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 5 words

Recitation · 7 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 21 letters · āyah 53 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.

  • هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍ

    [It will be said], "This is what you were promised - for every returner [to Allah] and keeper [of His covenant]

  • إِنَّ مَا تُوعَدُونَ لَـَٔاتٍ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

    Indeed, what you are promised is coming, and you will not cause failure [to Allah].

  • وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ

    And indeed, the recompense is to occur.

  • وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    And they say, "When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?"

  • أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ

    Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?

  • رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْحِسَابُ

    Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers the Day the account is established."

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.

  • Al-Burooj 85:22 shared roots

    وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

    و-ع-دي-و-م

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:602 shared roots

    فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

    و-ع-دي-و-م

  • Ar-Ra'd 13:402 shared roots

    وَإِن مَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى نَعِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْبَلَٰغُ وَعَلَيْنَا ٱلْحِسَابُ

    ح-س-بو-ع-د

  • Ibrahim 14:472 shared roots

    فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِفَ وَعْدِهِۦ رُسُلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ ذُو ٱنتِقَامٍ

    ح-س-بو-ع-د

  • Ibrahim 14:412 shared roots

    رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْحِسَابُ

    ح-س-بي-و-م

  • At-Tawba 9:682 shared roots

    وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتِ وَٱلْكُفَّارَ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا هِىَ حَسْبُهُمْ وَلَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

    ح-س-بو-ع-د

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 38:53?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 38:53 include Quran 50:32 (Surah Qaaf), Quran 6:134 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 51:6 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), and Quran 10:48 (Surah Yunus). For example, 50:32 reads: “[It will be said], "This is what you were promised - for every returner [to Allah] and keeper [of His covenant]” 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 38:53 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 38:53 (Surah Saad, The letter Saad) reads: “This is what you, [the righteous], are promised for the Day of Account.”

Which surah is verse 38:53 in?

Quran 38:53 is āyah 53 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 38:53?

Tartīl presents Quran 38:53 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.