Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 30·Makkī

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وَمَا لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن بَلْ ﴿٣٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.

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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 · 4 roots in 5 of 10 words

Recitation · 13 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Idghām shafawī2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Ikhfāʾ4

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 34 letters · āyah 30 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 34:32 · Sabaclose

    قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوٓا۟ أَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنَٰكُمْ عَنِ ٱلْهُدَىٰ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَكُم بَلْ كُنتُم مُّجْرِمِينَ

    Those who were arrogant will say to those who were oppressed, "Did we avert you from guidance after it had come to you? Rather, you were criminals."

  • Quran 26:99 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

    And no one misguided us except the criminals.

  • Quran 11:27 · Hudclose

    فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ مَا نَرَىٰكَ إِلَّا بَشَرًا مِّثْلَنَا وَمَا نَرَىٰكَ ٱتَّبَعَكَ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ أَرَاذِلُنَا بَادِىَ ٱلرَّأْىِ وَمَا نَرَىٰ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍۭ بَلْ نَظُنُّكُمْ كَٰذِبِينَ

    So the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "We do not see you but as a man like ourselves, and we do not see you followed except by those who are the lowest…

  • Quran 40:75 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    ذَٰلِكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَمْرَحُونَ

    [The angels will say], "That was because you used to exult upon the earth without right and you used to behave insolently.

  • Quran 28:39 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا يُرْجَعُونَ

    And he was arrogant, he and his soldiers, in the land, without right, and they thought that they would not be returned to Us.

  • Quran 15:42 · Al-Hijrrelated

    إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ

    Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.

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-Qalam 68:312 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ

    ط-غ-يك-و-ن

  • An-Najm 53:523 shared roots

    وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ

    ط-غ-يق-و-مك-و-ن

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:532 shared roots

    أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ

    ط-غ-يق-و-م

  • At-Tur 52:322 shared roots

    أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ

    ط-غ-يق-و-م

  • Hud 11:1122 shared roots

    فَٱسْتَقِمْ كَمَآ أُمِرْتَ وَمَن تَابَ مَعَكَ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا۟ إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

    ط-غ-يق-و-م

  • Ar-Room 30:352 shared roots

    أَمْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنًا فَهُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يُشْرِكُونَ

    س-ل-طك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:30?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:30 include Quran 34:32 (Surah Saba), Quran 26:99 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 11:27 (Surah Hud), and Quran 40:75 (Surah Al-Ghaafir). For example, 34:32 reads: “Those who were arrogant will say to those who were oppressed, "Did we avert you from guidance after it had come to you? Rather, you were criminals."” 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 37:30 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:30 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.”

Which surah is verse 37:30 in?

Quran 37:30 is āyah 30 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 37:30?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:30 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.