Surah Yusuf · Ayah 39·Makkī

39

أَمِ ﴿٣٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

O [my] two companions of prison, are separate lords better or Allah, the One, the Prevailing?

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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 · 8 roots in 8 of 9 words

Rarest here: ق-ه-ر — 10× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 18 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Lām shamsiyyah4
  • Qalqalah1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Light rāʾ3
  • Light Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 43 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 39 of 111

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 27:59 · An-Namlclose

    قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصْطَفَىٰٓ ءَآللَّهُ خَيْرٌ أَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

    Say, [O Muhammad], "Praise be to Allah, and peace upon His servants whom He has chosen. Is Allah better or what they associate with Him?"

  • Quran 39:30 · Az-Zumarclose

    إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَإِنَّهُم مَّيِّتُونَ

    Indeed, you are to die, and indeed, they are to die.

  • Quran 4:109 · An-Nisaaclose

    هَٰٓأَنتُمْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ جَٰدَلْتُمْ عَنْهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا فَمَن يُجَٰدِلُ ٱللَّهَ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَم مَّن يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلًا

    Here you are - those who argue on their behalf in [this] worldly life - but who will argue with Allah for them on the Day of Resurrection, or who will [then] be their…

  • Quran 5:60 · Al-Maaidaclose

    قُلْ هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرٍّ مِّن ذَٰلِكَ مَثُوبَةً عِندَ ٱللَّهِ مَن لَّعَنَهُ ٱللَّهُ وَغَضِبَ عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْقِرَدَةَ وَٱلْخَنَازِيرَ وَعَبَدَ ٱلطَّٰغُوتَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَأَضَلُّ عَن سَوَآءِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ

    Say, "Shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that as penalty from Allah? [It is that of] those whom Allah has cursed and with whom He became angry and made of them apes and…

  • Quran 27:62 · An-Namlclose

    أَمَّن يُجِيبُ ٱلْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَءِلَٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    Is He [not best] who responds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him and removes evil and makes you inheritors of the earth? Is there a deity with Allah? Little do you…

  • Quran 40:48 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُلٌّ فِيهَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ حَكَمَ بَيْنَ ٱلْعِبَادِ

    Those who had been arrogant will say, "Indeed, all [of us] are in it. Indeed, Allah has judged between the servants."

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.

  • Saad 38:653 shared roots

    قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرٌ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ

    ق-ه-رو-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:163 shared roots

    يَوْمَ هُم بَٰرِزُونَ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ شَىْءٌ لِّمَنِ ٱلْمُلْكُ ٱلْيَوْمَ لِلَّهِ ٱلْوَٰحِدِ ٱلْقَهَّارِ

    ق-ه-رو-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • Ibrahim 14:483 shared roots

    يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ ٱلْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَبَرَزُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلْوَٰحِدِ ٱلْقَهَّارِ

    ق-ه-رو-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • Az-Zumar 39:43 shared roots

    لَّوْ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا لَّٱصْطَفَىٰ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ

    ق-ه-رو-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • As-Saaffaat 37:42 shared roots

    إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌ

    و-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:292 shared roots

    قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ

    س-ج-نأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 12:39?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 12:39 include Quran 27:59 (Surah An-Naml), Quran 39:30 (Surah Az-Zumar), Quran 4:109 (Surah An-Nisaa), and Quran 5:60 (Surah Al-Maaida). For example, 27:59 reads: “Say, [O Muhammad], "Praise be to Allah, and peace upon His servants whom He has chosen. Is Allah better or what they associate with Him?"” 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 12:39 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 12:39 (Surah Yusuf, Joseph) reads: “O [my] two companions of prison, are separate lords better or Allah, the One, the Prevailing?”

Which surah is verse 12:39 in?

Quran 12:39 is āyah 39 of Surah Yusuf (Joseph), chapter 12 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 111 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 12:39?

Tartīl presents Quran 12:39 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.