Surah Saad · Ayah 76·Makkī

76

أَنَا۠ مِّنْهُ مِن مِن ﴿٧٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

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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 10 words

Recitation · 15 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)5
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Qalqalah2

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 34 letters · āyah 76 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 7:12 · Al-A'raafvery close

    قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ

    [Allah] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

  • Quran 55:15 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ

    And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.

  • Quran 15:27 · Al-Hijrclose

    وَٱلْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ

    And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.

  • Quran 32:7 · As-Sajdaclose

    ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ وَبَدَأَ خَلْقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ مِن طِينٍ

    Who perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay.

  • Quran 15:33 · Al-Hijrclose

    قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

    He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."

  • Quran 6:2 · Al-An'aamclose

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن طِينٍ ثُمَّ قَضَىٰٓ أَجَلًا وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى عِندَهُۥ ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ تَمْتَرُونَ

    It is He who created you from clay and then decreed a term and a specified time [known] to Him; then [still] you are in dispute.

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-A'raaf 7:125 shared roots

    قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ

    ط-ي-نن-و-رخ-ي-رخ-ل-قق-و-ل

  • Saad 38:713 shared roots

    إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ

    ط-ي-نخ-ل-قق-و-ل

  • Saad 38:713 shared roots

    إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ

    ط-ي-نخ-ل-قق-و-ل

  • Al-Israa 17:613 shared roots

    وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ قَالَ ءَأَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًا

    ط-ي-نخ-ل-قق-و-ل

  • Al-Muminoon 23:122 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن سُلَٰلَةٍ مِّن طِينٍ

    ط-ي-نخ-ل-ق

  • As-Sajda 32:72 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ وَبَدَأَ خَلْقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ مِن طِينٍ

    ط-ي-نخ-ل-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 38:76?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 38:76 include Quran 7:12 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 55:15 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan), Quran 15:27 (Surah Al-Hijr), and Quran 32:7 (Surah As-Sajda). For example, 7:12 reads: “[Allah] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."” 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 38:76 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 38:76 (Surah Saad, The letter Saad) reads: “He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."”

Which surah is verse 38:76 in?

Quran 38:76 is āyah 76 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 38:76?

Tartīl presents Quran 38:76 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.