Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 158·Makkī

158

وَلَقَدْ إِنَّهُمْ ﴿١٥٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they have claimed between Him and the jinn a lineage, but the jinn have already known that they [who made such claims] will be brought to [punishment].

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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 8 of 10 words

Rarest here: ن-س-ب — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 11 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Ghunnah3
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 47 letters · āyah 158 of 182

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 6:100 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَجَعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ ٱلْجِنَّ وَخَلَقَهُمْ وَخَرَقُوا۟ لَهُۥ بَنِينَ وَبَنَٰتٍۭ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

    But they have attributed to Allah partners - the jinn, while He has created them - and have fabricated for Him sons and daughters. Exalted is He and high above what they describe

  • Quran 34:41 · Sabaclose

    قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَكَ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِن دُونِهِم بَلْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ ٱلْجِنَّ أَكْثَرُهُم بِهِم مُّؤْمِنُونَ

    They will say, "Exalted are You! You, [O Allah], are our benefactor not them. Rather, they used to worship the jinn; most of them were believers in them."

  • Quran 72:6 · Al-Jinnclose

    وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِّنَ ٱلْإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًا

    And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden.

  • Quran 27:39 · An-Namlclose

    قَالَ عِفْرِيتٌ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَن تَقُومَ مِن مَّقَامِكَ وَإِنِّى عَلَيْهِ لَقَوِىٌّ أَمِينٌ

    A powerful one from among the jinn said, "I will bring it to you before you rise from your place, and indeed, I am for this [task] strong and trustworthy."

  • Quran 15:26 · Al-Hijrclose

    وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

    And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.

  • Quran 46:18 · Al-Ahqafrelated

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ خَٰسِرِينَ

    Those are the ones upon whom the word has come into effect, [who will be] among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.

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.

  • At-Takwir 81:142 shared roots

    عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

    ح-ض-رع-ل-م

  • Al-Muminoon 23:1012 shared roots

    فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَلَآ أَنسَابَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلَا يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    ن-س-بب-ي-ن

  • Al-Furqaan 25:542 shared roots

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهُۥ نَسَبًا وَصِهْرًا وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًا

    ن-س-بج-ع-ل

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:42 shared roots

    عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ

    ب-ي-نع-ل-م

  • Al-Qamar 54:282 shared roots

    وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ

    ح-ض-رب-ي-ن

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:142 shared roots

    ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ

    ج-ن-نع-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:158?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:158 include Quran 6:100 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 34:41 (Surah Saba), Quran 72:6 (Surah Al-Jinn), and Quran 27:39 (Surah An-Naml). For example, 6:100 reads: “But they have attributed to Allah partners - the jinn, while He has created them - and have fabricated for Him sons and daughters. Exalted is He and high above what they describe” 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 37:158 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:158 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “And they have claimed between Him and the jinn a lineage, but the jinn have already known that they [who made such claims] will be brought to [punishment].”

Which surah is verse 37:158 in?

Quran 37:158 is āyah 158 of Surah As-Saaffaat (Those drawn up in Ranks), chapter 37 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 182 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 37:158?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:158 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.