Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 22·Makkī

22

ٱلَّذِينَ وَمَا ﴿٢٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[The angels will be ordered], "Gather those who committed wrong, their kinds, and what they used to worship

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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 7 words

Recitation · 10 points across 3 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 37 letters · āyah 22 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 35:37 · Faatirclose

    وَهُمْ يَصْطَرِخُونَ فِيهَا رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَٰلِحًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ أَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُم مَّا يَتَذَكَّرُ فِيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ وَجَآءَكُمُ ٱلنَّذِيرُ فَذُوقُوا۟ فَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٍ

    And they will cry out therein, "Our Lord, remove us; we will do righteousness - other than what we were doing!" But did We not grant you life enough for whoever would remember…

  • Quran 37:2 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًا

    And those who drive [the clouds]

  • Quran 40:73 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    ثُمَّ قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تُشْرِكُونَ

    Then it will be said to them, "Where is that which you used to associate [with Him in worship]

  • Quran 7:162 · Al-A'raafclose

    فَبَدَّلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ قَوْلًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِجْزًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَظْلِمُونَ

    But those who wronged among them changed [the words] to a statement other than that which had been said to them. So We sent upon them a punishment from the sky for the wrong that…

  • Quran 16:28 · An-Nahlclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ فَأَلْقَوُا۟ ٱلسَّلَمَ مَا كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ مِن سُوٓءٍۭ بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    The ones whom the angels take in death [while] wronging themselves, and [who] then offer submission, [saying], "We were not doing any evil." But, yes! Indeed, Allah is Knowing of…

  • Quran 26:157 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَٰدِمِينَ

    But they hamstrung her and so became regretful.

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-Ahqaf 46:63 shared roots

    وَإِذَا حُشِرَ ٱلنَّاسُ كَانُوا۟ لَهُمْ أَعْدَآءً وَكَانُوا۟ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ كَٰفِرِينَ

    ح-ش-رع-ب-دك-و-ن

  • Saba 34:403 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِيَّاكُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ

    ح-ش-رع-ب-دك-و-ن

  • Al-Furqaan 25:172 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمْ أَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَادِى هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا۟ ٱلسَّبِيلَ

    ح-ش-رع-ب-د

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:762 shared roots

    وَمَا ظَلَمْنَٰهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    ظ-ل-مك-و-ن

  • Yunus 10:283 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ نَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ مَكَانَكُمْ أَنتُمْ وَشُرَكَآؤُكُمْ فَزَيَّلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَقَالَ شُرَكَآؤُهُم مَّا كُنتُمْ إِيَّانَا تَعْبُدُونَ

    ح-ش-رع-ب-دك-و-ن

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:922 shared roots

    وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

    ع-ب-دك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:22?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:22 include Quran 35:37 (Surah Faatir), Quran 37:2 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 40:73 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), and Quran 7:162 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 35:37 reads: “And they will cry out therein, "Our Lord, remove us; we will do righteousness - other than what we were doing!" But did We not grant you life enough for whoever would remember…” 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 37:22 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:22 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “[The angels will be ordered], "Gather those who committed wrong, their kinds, and what they used to worship”

Which surah is verse 37:22 in?

Quran 37:22 is āyah 22 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 37:22?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:22 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.