Surah An-Naml · Ayah 37·Makkī

37

إِلَيْهِمْ لَّا لَهُم بِهَا مِّنْهَآ وَهُمْ ﴿٣٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Return to them, for we will surely come to them with soldiers that they will be powerless to encounter, and we will surely expel them therefrom in humiliation, and they will be debased."

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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 13 words

Recitation · 18 points across 5 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī5
  • Ghunnah3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)3
  • Light rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

13 words · 59 letters · āyah 37 of 93

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 37:173 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ

    And [that] indeed, Our soldiers will be those who overcome.

  • Quran 54:45 · Al-Qamarclose

    سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ

    [Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].

  • Quran 88:26 · Al-Ghaashiyaclose

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

    Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

  • Quran 43:41 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    فَإِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنَّا مِنْهُم مُّنتَقِمُونَ

    And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon them.

  • Quran 26:56 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ

    And indeed, we are a cautious society... "

  • Quran 26:167 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ

    They said, "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those evicted."

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-Munaafiqoon 63:83 shared roots

    يَقُولُونَ لَئِن رَّجَعْنَآ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ ٱلْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا ٱلْأَذَلَّ وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِۦ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    ذ-ل-لر-ج-عخ-ر-ج

  • Al-Israa 17:242 shared roots

    وَٱخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِى صَغِيرًا

    ص-غ-رذ-ل-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:132 shared roots

    قَالَ فَٱهْبِطْ مِنْهَا فَمَا يَكُونُ لَكَ أَن تَتَكَبَّرَ فِيهَا فَٱخْرُجْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰغِرِينَ

    ص-غ-رخ-ر-ج

  • Al-Burooj 85:172 shared roots

    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ

    ج-ن-دأ-ت-ي

  • Al-Qasas 28:392 shared roots

    وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا يُرْجَعُونَ

    ج-ن-در-ج-ع

  • Taa-Haa 20:1342 shared roots

    وَلَوْ أَنَّآ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُم بِعَذَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَٰتِكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخْزَىٰ

    ذ-ل-لق-ب-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 27:37?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 27:37 include Quran 37:173 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 54:45 (Surah Al-Qamar), Quran 88:26 (Surah Al-Ghaashiya), and Quran 43:41 (Surah Az-Zukhruf). For example, 37:173 reads: “And [that] indeed, Our soldiers will be those who overcome.” 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 27:37 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 27:37 (Surah An-Naml, The Ant) reads: “Return to them, for we will surely come to them with soldiers that they will be powerless to encounter, and we will surely expel them therefrom in humiliation, and they will be debased."”

Which surah is verse 27:37 in?

Quran 27:37 is āyah 37 of Surah An-Naml (The Ant), chapter 27 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 93 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 27:37?

Tartīl presents Quran 27:37 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.