Surah Al-Israa · Ayah 37·Makkī

37

وَلَا فِى إِنَّكَ لَن وَلَن ﴿٣٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And do not walk upon the earth exultantly. Indeed, you will never tear the earth [apart], and you will never reach the mountains in height.

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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 · 7 roots in 8 of 13 words

Rarest here: م-ر-ح — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 16 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ikhfāʾ4
  • Ghunnah1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

13 words · 48 letters · āyah 37 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 20:106 · Taa-Haaclose

    فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعًا صَفْصَفًا

    And He will leave the earth a level plain;

  • Quran 16:15 · An-Nahlclose

    وَأَلْقَىٰ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ وَأَنْهَٰرًا وَسُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

    And He has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it shift with you, and [made] rivers and roads, that you may be guided,

  • Quran 88:21 · Al-Ghaashiyaclose

    فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

    So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.

  • Quran 3:196 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    لَا يَغُرَّنَّكَ تَقَلُّبُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

    Be not deceived by the [uninhibited] movement of the disbelievers throughout the land.

  • Quran 17:90 · Al-Israaclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَنۢبُوعًا

    And they say, "We will not believe you until you break open for us from the ground a spring.

  • Quran 86:13 · At-Taariqrelated

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ

    Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,

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-Ghaafir 40:752 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَمْرَحُونَ

    م-ر-حأ-ر-ض

  • Luqman 31:183 shared roots

    وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ

    م-ر-حم-ش-يأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Israa 17:952 shared roots

    قُل لَّوْ كَانَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَلَكًا رَّسُولًا

    م-ش-يأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:442 shared roots

    بَلْ مَتَّعْنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ طَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُ أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّا نَأْتِى ٱلْأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَآ أَفَهُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ

    ط-و-لأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Furqaan 25:632 shared roots

    وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًا

    م-ش-يأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Haaqqa 69:142 shared roots

    وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً

    ج-ب-لأ-ر-ض

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 17:37?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 17:37 include Quran 20:106 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 16:15 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 88:21 (Surah Al-Ghaashiya), and Quran 3:196 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan). For example, 20:106 reads: “And He will leave the earth a level plain;” 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 17:37 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 17:37 (Surah Al-Israa, The Night Journey) reads: “And do not walk upon the earth exultantly. Indeed, you will never tear the earth [apart], and you will never reach the mountains in height.”

Which surah is verse 17:37 in?

Quran 17:37 is āyah 37 of Surah Al-Israa (The Night Journey), chapter 17 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 111 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 17:37?

Tartīl presents Quran 17:37 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.