Surah Saad · Ayah 7·Makkī

7

مَا بِهَٰذَا فِى إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا ﴿٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

We have not heard of this in the latest religion. This is not but a fabrication.

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 10 words

Recitation · 13 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Iẓhār1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 38 letters · āyah 7 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 28:36 · Al-Qasasclose

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍ قَالُوا۟ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّفْتَرًى وَمَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَٰذَا فِىٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    But when Moses came to them with Our signs as clear evidences, they said, "This is not except invented magic, and we have not heard of this [religion] among our forefathers."

  • Quran 69:43 · Al-Haaqqaclose

    تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    [It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

  • Quran 52:33 · At-Turclose

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.

  • Quran 18:5 · Al-Kahfrelated

    مَّا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَلَا لِـَٔابَآئِهِمْ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ إِن يَقُولُونَ إِلَّا كَذِبًا

    They have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers. Grave is the word that comes out of their mouths; they speak not except a lie.

  • Quran 24:12 · An-Noorrelated

    لَّوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا۟ هَٰذَآ إِفْكٌ مُّبِينٌ

    Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of one another and say, "This is an obvious falsehood"?

  • Quran 15:13 · Al-Hijrrelated

    لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.

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.

  • Yusuf 12:372 shared roots

    قَالَ لَا يَأْتِيكُمَا طَعَامٌ تُرْزَقَانِهِۦٓ إِلَّا نَبَّأْتُكُمَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمَا ذَٰلِكُمَا مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِى رَبِّىٓ إِنِّى تَرَكْتُ مِلَّةَ قَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

    م-ل-لأ-خ-ر

  • Al-Baqara 2:1302 shared roots

    وَمَن يَرْغَبُ عَن مِّلَّةِ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ إِلَّا مَن سَفِهَ نَفْسَهُۥ وَلَقَدِ ٱصْطَفَيْنَٰهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    م-ل-لأ-خ-ر

  • Luqman 31:282 shared roots

    مَّا خَلْقُكُمْ وَلَا بَعْثُكُمْ إِلَّا كَنَفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌۢ بَصِيرٌ

    س-م-عخ-ل-ق

  • An-Nisaa 4:1342 shared roots

    مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ثَوَابَ ٱلدُّنْيَا فَعِندَ ٱللَّهِ ثَوَابُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ سَمِيعًۢا بَصِيرًا

    س-م-عأ-خ-ر

  • Taa-Haa 20:552 shared roots

    مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ

    خ-ل-قأ-خ-ر

  • Al-Insaan 76:22 shared roots

    إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ نَّبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ سَمِيعًۢا بَصِيرًا

    س-م-عخ-ل-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 38:7?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 38:7 include Quran 28:36 (Surah Al-Qasas), Quran 69:43 (Surah Al-Haaqqa), Quran 52:33 (Surah At-Tur), and Quran 18:5 (Surah Al-Kahf). For example, 28:36 reads: “But when Moses came to them with Our signs as clear evidences, they said, "This is not except invented magic, and we have not heard of this [religion] among our forefathers."” 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 38:7 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 38:7 (Surah Saad, The letter Saad) reads: “We have not heard of this in the latest religion. This is not but a fabrication.”

Which surah is verse 38:7 in?

Quran 38:7 is āyah 7 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 38:7?

Tartīl presents Quran 38:7 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.