Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 177·Makkī

177

فَإِذَا ﴿١٧٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

But when it descends in their territory, then evil is the morning of those who were warned.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 6 words

Rarest here: س-و-ح — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 8 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 30 letters · āyah 177 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 76:7 · Al-Insaanvery close

    يُوفُونَ بِٱلنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا كَانَ شَرُّهُۥ مُسْتَطِيرًا

    They [are those who] fulfill [their] vows and fear a Day whose evil will be widespread.

  • Quran 79:45 · An-Naazi'aatclose

    إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا

    You are only a warner for those who fear it.

  • Quran 27:58 · An-Namlclose

    وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

    And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.

  • Quran 19:38 · Maryamclose

    أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا لَٰكِنِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error.

  • Quran 52:45 · At-Turclose

    فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ

    So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -

  • Quran 45:33 · Al-Jaathiyaclose

    وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And the evil consequences of what they did will appear to them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

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.

  • An-Naml 27:582 shared roots

    وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

    ن-ذ-رس-و-أ

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1732 shared roots

    وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

    ن-ذ-رس-و-أ

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:502 shared roots

    وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ قُلْ إِنَّمَا ٱلْـَٔايَٰتُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

    ن-ذ-رن-ز-ل

  • Al-Israa 17:1052 shared roots

    وَبِٱلْحَقِّ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ وَبِٱلْحَقِّ نَزَلَ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا

    ن-ذ-رن-ز-ل

  • Ar-Ra'd 13:72 shared roots

    وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦٓ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرٌ وَلِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هَادٍ

    ن-ذ-رن-ز-ل

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:32 shared roots

    إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ

    ن-ذ-رن-ز-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:177?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:177 include Quran 76:7 (Surah Al-Insaan), Quran 79:45 (Surah An-Naazi'aat), Quran 27:58 (Surah An-Naml), and Quran 19:38 (Surah Maryam). For example, 76:7 reads: “They [are those who] fulfill [their] vows and fear a Day whose evil will be widespread.” 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 37:177 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:177 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “But when it descends in their territory, then evil is the morning of those who were warned.”

Which surah is verse 37:177 in?

Quran 37:177 is āyah 177 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 37:177?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:177 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.