Surah Ad-Dukhaan · Ayah 39·Makkī

39

مَا إِلَّا وَلَٰكِنَّ لَا ﴿٣٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

We did not create them except in truth, but most of them do not know.

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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 8 words

Recitation · 11 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 35 letters · āyah 39 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 29:43 · Al-Ankabootclose

    وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ وَمَا يَعْقِلُهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْعَٰلِمُونَ

    And these examples We present to the people, but none will understand them except those of knowledge.

  • Quran 16:101 · An-Nahlclose

    وَإِذَا بَدَّلْنَآ ءَايَةً مَّكَانَ ءَايَةٍ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُفْتَرٍۭ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    And when We substitute a verse in place of a verse - and Allah is most knowing of what He sends down - they say, "You, [O Muhammad], are but an inventor [of lies]." But most of…

  • Quran 53:28 · An-Najmclose

    وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا

    And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.

  • Quran 26:190 · Ash-Shu'araarelated

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

  • Quran 52:33 · At-Turrelated

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

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

  • Quran 2:12 · Al-Baqararelated

    أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَٰكِن لَّا يَشْعُرُونَ

    Unquestionably, it is they who are the corrupters, but they perceive [it] not.

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.

  • Yaseen 36:72 shared roots

    لَقَدْ حَقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَىٰٓ أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ك-ث-رح-ق-ق

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:392 shared roots

    كَلَّآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

    خ-ل-قع-ل-م

  • Yunus 10:553 shared roots

    أَلَآ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَلَآ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    ك-ث-رح-ق-قع-ل-م

  • Al-Hijr 15:862 shared roots

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    خ-ل-قع-ل-م

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:573 shared roots

    لَخَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    ك-ث-رخ-ل-قع-ل-م

  • Luqman 31:253 shared roots

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    ك-ث-رخ-ل-قع-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 44:39?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 44:39 include Quran 29:43 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), Quran 16:101 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 53:28 (Surah An-Najm), and Quran 26:190 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 29:43 reads: “And these examples We present to the people, but none will understand them except those of knowledge.” 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 44:39 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 44:39 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan, The Smoke) reads: “We did not create them except in truth, but most of them do not know.”

Which surah is verse 44:39 in?

Quran 44:39 is āyah 39 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 44:39?

Tartīl presents Quran 44:39 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.