Surah Ad-Dukhaan · Ayah 35·Makkī

35

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا وَمَا نَحْنُ ﴿٣٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

"There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.

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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 8 words

Recitation · 10 points across 4 rule families

  • Iẓhār2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 32 letters · āyah 35 of 59

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 23:37 · Al-Muminoonvery close

    إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

    Life is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.

  • Quran 6:29 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

    And they say, "There is none but our worldly life, and we will not be resurrected."

  • Quran 37:59 · As-Saaffaatclose

    إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

    Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"

  • Quran 56:60 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

    We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone

  • Quran 21:34 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ٱلْخُلْدَ أَفَإِي۟ن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِدُونَ

    And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?

  • Quran 37:16 · As-Saaffaatclose

    أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

    When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

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.

  • As-Saaffaat 37:592 shared roots

    إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

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  • Az-Zukhruf 43:112 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۢ بِقَدَرٍ فَأَنشَرْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا كَذَٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ

    ن-ش-رم-و-ت

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:82 shared roots

    لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

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  • Al-Furqaan 25:32 shared roots

    وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً لَّا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ مَوْتًا وَلَا حَيَوٰةً وَلَا نُشُورًا

    ن-ش-رم-و-ت

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:562 shared roots

    لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

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  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:562 shared roots

    لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    أ-و-لم-و-ت

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 44:35?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 44:35 include Quran 23:37 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 6:29 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 37:59 (Surah As-Saaffaat), and Quran 56:60 (Surah Al-Waaqia). For example, 23:37 reads: “Life is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.” 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 44:35 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 44:35 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan, The Smoke) reads: “"There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.”

Which surah is verse 44:35 in?

Quran 44:35 is āyah 35 of Surah Ad-Dukhaan (The Smoke), chapter 44 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 59 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 44:35?

Tartīl presents Quran 44:35 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.