Surah An-Naba · Ayah 37·Makkī

37

وَمَا لَا مِنْهُ ﴿٣٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.

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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 7 of 10 words

Recitation · 16 points across 5 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Iẓhār2

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 45 letters · āyah 37 of 40

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.

  • رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّٰرُ

    Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver."

  • إِن كُلُّ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّآ ءَاتِى ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَبْدًا

    There is no one in the heavens and earth but that he comes to the Most Merciful as a servant.

  • قُلِ ٱللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ عَٰلِمَ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ أَنتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فِى مَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ

    Say, "O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, You will judge between your servants concerning that over which they used to differ."

  • وَلَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ عِندَهُۥ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَلَا يَسْتَحْسِرُونَ

    To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire.

  • قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا لَهُمْ فِيهِمَا مِن شِرْكٍ وَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْهُم مِّن ظَهِيرٍ

    Say, [O Muhammad], "Invoke those you claim [as deities] besides Allah." They do not possess an atom's weight [of ability] in the heavens or on the earth, and they do not have…

  • رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا

    [He is] the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of [your] affairs.

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 38:202 shared roots

    وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهُۥ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ ٱلْخِطَابِ

    خ-ط-بم-ل-ك

  • Al-Fath 48:144 shared roots

    وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

    م-ل-كر-ح-مس-م-وأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Furqaan 25:633 shared roots

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

    خ-ط-بر-ح-مأ-ر-ض

  • An-Naml 27:302 shared roots

    إِنَّهُۥ مِن سُلَيْمَٰنَ وَإِنَّهُۥ بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

    ر-ح-مس-م-و

  • Al-Faatiha 1:12 shared roots

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

    ر-ح-مس-م-و

  • Al-Hadid 57:53 shared roots

    لَّهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

    م-ل-كس-م-وأ-ر-ض

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 78:37?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 78:37 include Quran 38:66 (Surah Saad), Quran 19:93 (Surah Maryam), Quran 39:46 (Surah Az-Zumar), and Quran 21:19 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa). For example, 38:66 reads: “Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver."” 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 78:37 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 78:37 (Surah An-Naba, The Announcement) reads: “[From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.”

Which surah is verse 78:37 in?

Quran 78:37 is āyah 37 of Surah An-Naba (The Announcement), chapter 78 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 40 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 78:37?

Tartīl presents Quran 78:37 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.