Surah Yaseen · Ayah 37·Makkī

37

لَّهُمُ مِنْهُ فَإِذَا هُم ﴿٣٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And a sign for them is the night. We remove from it [the light of] day, so they are [left] in darkness.

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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 9 words

Rarest here: س-ل-خ — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 11 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)2
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ghunnah2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Idghām shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 37 letters · āyah 37 of 83

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 81:17 · At-Takwirclose

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

    And by the night as it closes in

  • Quran 93:1 · Ad-Dhuhaaclose

    وَٱلضُّحَىٰ

    By the morning brightness

  • Quran 81:16 · At-Takwirclose

    ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

    Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

  • Quran 27:86 · An-Namlclose

    أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    Do they not see that We made the night that they may rest therein and the day giving sight? Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

  • Quran 17:12 · Al-Israaclose

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَايَتَيْنِ فَمَحَوْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَصَّلْنَٰهُ تَفْصِيلًا

    And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the…

  • Quran 79:29 · An-Naazi'aatclose

    وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

    And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

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 7:1752 shared roots

    وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَٱنسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ

    س-ل-خأ-ي-ي

  • Nooh 71:52 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا

    ل-ي-لن-ه-ر

  • Al-An'aam 6:132 shared roots

    وَلَهُۥ مَا سَكَنَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    ل-ي-لن-ه-ر

  • Yunus 10:63 shared roots

    إِنَّ فِى ٱخْتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَّقُونَ

    ل-ي-لن-ه-رأ-ي-ي

  • Yunus 10:673 shared roots

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ

    ل-ي-لن-ه-رأ-ي-ي

  • An-Naml 27:863 shared roots

    أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ل-ي-لن-ه-رأ-ي-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 36:37?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 36:37 include Quran 81:17 (Surah At-Takwir), Quran 93:1 (Surah Ad-Dhuhaa), Quran 81:16 (Surah At-Takwir), and Quran 27:86 (Surah An-Naml). For example, 81:17 reads: “And by the night as it closes in” 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 36:37 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 36:37 (Surah Yaseen, Yaseen) reads: “And a sign for them is the night. We remove from it [the light of] day, so they are [left] in darkness.”

Which surah is verse 36:37 in?

Quran 36:37 is āyah 37 of Surah Yaseen (Yaseen), chapter 36 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 83 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 36:37?

Tartīl presents Quran 36:37 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.