Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 23·Makkī

23

مِن إِلَىٰ ﴿٢٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Other than Allah, and guide them to the path of Hellfire

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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 · 11 points across 6 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Light Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 28 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 23 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 26:93 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

    Other than Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?"

  • Quran 7:164 · Al-A'raafvery close

    وَإِذْ قَالَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِّنْهُمْ لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوْمًا ٱللَّهُ مُهْلِكُهُمْ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا قَالُوا۟ مَعْذِرَةً إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

    And when a community among them said, "Why do you advise [or warn] a people whom Allah is [about] to destroy or to punish with a severe punishment?" they [the advisors] said, "To…

  • Quran 15:70 · Al-Hijrvery close

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"

  • Quran 15:93 · Al-Hijrvery close

    عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    About what they used to do.

  • Quran 16:33 · An-Nahlvery close

    هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِىَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

    Do the disbelievers await [anything] except that the angels should come to them or there comes the command of your Lord? Thus did those do before them. And Allah wronged them not…

  • Quran 50:25 · Qaafvery close

    مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ

    Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,

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.

  • As-Saaffaat 37:1182 shared roots

    وَهَدَيْنَٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

    ص-ر-طه-د-ي

  • An-Nisaa 4:682 shared roots

    وَلَهَدَيْنَٰهُمْ صِرَٰطًا مُّسْتَقِيمًا

    ص-ر-طه-د-ي

  • Al-Faatiha 1:62 shared roots

    ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

    ص-ر-طه-د-ي

  • An-Noor 24:463 shared roots

    لَّقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ ءَايَٰتٍ مُّبَيِّنَٰتٍ وَٱللَّهُ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

    ص-ر-طه-د-يأ-ل-ه

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:642 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ

    ص-ر-طأ-ل-ه

  • Maryam 19:362 shared roots

    وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ

    ص-ر-طأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:23?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:23 include Quran 26:93 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 7:164 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 15:70 (Surah Al-Hijr), and Quran 15:93 (Surah Al-Hijr). For example, 26:93 reads: “Other than Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?"” 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 37:23 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:23 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “Other than Allah, and guide them to the path of Hellfire”

Which surah is verse 37:23 in?

Quran 37:23 is āyah 23 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 37:23?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:23 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.