Surah Al-Ma'aarij · Ayah 38·Makkī

38

مِّنْهُمْ أَن ﴿٣٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 8 words

Recitation · 11 points across 6 rule families

  • Qalqalah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 28 letters · āyah 38 of 44

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 88:9 · Al-Ghaashiyaclose

    لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

    With their effort [they are] satisfied

  • Quran 56:12 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    In the Gardens of Pleasure,

  • Quran 31:8 · Luqmanclose

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتُ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds - for them are the Gardens of Pleasure.

  • Quran 7:46 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَبَيْنَهُمَا حِجَابٌ وَعَلَى ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالٌ يَعْرِفُونَ كُلًّۢا بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ وَنَادَوْا۟ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَن سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لَمْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَطْمَعُونَ

    And between them will be a partition, and on [its] elevations are men who recognize all by their mark. And they call out to the companions of Paradise, "Peace be upon you." They…

  • Quran 78:32 · An-Nabaclose

    حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا

    Gardens and grapevines

  • Quran 13:23 · Ar-Ra'dclose

    جَنَّٰتُ عَدْنٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا وَمَن صَلَحَ مِنْ ءَابَآئِهِمْ وَأَزْوَٰجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمْ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يَدْخُلُونَ عَلَيْهِم مِّن كُلِّ بَابٍ

    Gardens of perpetual residence; they will enter them with whoever were righteous among their fathers, their spouses and their descendants. And the angels will enter upon them from…

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-Maaida 5:842 shared roots

    وَمَا لَنَا لَا نُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَنَطْمَعُ أَن يُدْخِلَنَا رَبُّنَا مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    ط-م-عد-خ-ل

  • Al-Fajr 89:302 shared roots

    وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

    د-خ-لج-ن-ن

  • Al-Waaqia 56:122 shared roots

    فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    ن-ع-مج-ن-ن

  • As-Saaffaat 37:432 shared roots

    فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    ن-ع-مج-ن-ن

  • Al-Qalam 68:22 shared roots

    مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ

    ن-ع-مج-ن-ن

  • Al-A'raaf 7:464 shared roots

    وَبَيْنَهُمَا حِجَابٌ وَعَلَى ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالٌ يَعْرِفُونَ كُلًّۢا بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ وَنَادَوْا۟ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَن سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لَمْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَطْمَعُونَ

    ط-م-عد-خ-لج-ن-نك-ل-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 70:38?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 70:38 include Quran 88:9 (Surah Al-Ghaashiya), Quran 56:12 (Surah Al-Waaqia), Quran 31:8 (Surah Luqman), and Quran 7:46 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 88:9 reads: “With their effort [they are] satisfied” 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 70:38 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 70:38 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij, The Ascending Stairways) reads: “Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?”

Which surah is verse 70:38 in?

Quran 70:38 is āyah 38 of Surah Al-Ma'aarij (The Ascending Stairways), chapter 70 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 44 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 70:38?

Tartīl presents Quran 70:38 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.