Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 20·Makkī

20

يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا ﴿٢٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense."

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 5 words

Recitation · 8 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Lām shamsiyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 23 letters · āyah 20 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 11:104 · Hudvery close

    وَمَا نُؤَخِّرُهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِأَجَلٍ مَّعْدُودٍ

    And We do not delay it except for a limited term.

  • Quran 51:11 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ

    Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.

  • Quran 77:37 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

  • Quran 38:16 · Saadclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    And they say, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account"

  • Quran 40:52 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ وَلَهُمُ ٱللَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلدَّارِ

    The Day their excuse will not benefit the wrongdoers, and they will have the curse, and they will have the worst home.

  • Quran 23:106 · Al-Muminoonclose

    قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا شِقْوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوْمًا ضَآلِّينَ

    They will say, "Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us, and we were a people astray.

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:20?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:20 include Quran 11:104 (Surah Hud), Quran 51:11 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), Quran 77:37 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), and Quran 38:16 (Surah Saad). For example, 11:104 reads: “And We do not delay it except for a limited term.” 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 37:20 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:20 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense."”

Which surah is verse 37:20 in?

Quran 37:20 is āyah 20 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 37:20?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:20 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.