Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 36·Makkī

36

أَئِنَّا ﴿٣٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"

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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

Recitation · 15 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Ghunnah2
  • Light rāʾ2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 35 letters · āyah 36 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 52:30 · At-Turvery close

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ

    Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time?"

  • Quran 21:5 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَٰثُ أَحْلَٰمٍۭ بَلِ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٍ كَمَآ أُرْسِلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

    But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers]…

  • Quran 52:31 · At-Turclose

    قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ

    Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."

  • Quran 80:16 · Abasaclose

    كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ

    Noble and dutiful.

  • Quran 74:25 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

    This is not but the word of a human being."

  • Quran 17:93 · Al-Israaclose

    أَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْتٌ مِّن زُخْرُفٍ أَوْ تَرْقَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَن نُّؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّىٰ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَٰبًا نَّقْرَؤُهُۥ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّى هَلْ كُنتُ إِلَّا بَشَرًا رَّسُولًا

    Or you have a house of gold or you ascend into the sky. And [even then], we will not believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book we may read." Say, "Exalted is my…

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.

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:252 shared roots

    كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

    ت-ر-كج-ن-ن

  • Al-Haaqqa 69:412 shared roots

    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

    ش-ع-رق-و-ل

  • Hud 11:533 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰهُودُ مَا جِئْتَنَا بِبَيِّنَةٍ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَارِكِىٓ ءَالِهَتِنَا عَن قَوْلِكَ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

    ت-ر-كق-و-لأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Hajj 22:322 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ وَمَن يُعَظِّمْ شَعَٰٓئِرَ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّهَا مِن تَقْوَى ٱلْقُلُوبِ

    ش-ع-رأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:22 shared roots

    أَحَسِبَ ٱلنَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوٓا۟ أَن يَقُولُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ

    ت-ر-كق-و-ل

  • Al-Baqara 2:1543 shared roots

    وَلَا تَقُولُوا۟ لِمَن يُقْتَلُ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَمْوَٰتٌۢ بَلْ أَحْيَآءٌ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَشْعُرُونَ

    ش-ع-رق-و-لأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:36?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:36 include Quran 52:30 (Surah At-Tur), Quran 21:5 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 52:31 (Surah At-Tur), and Quran 80:16 (Surah Abasa). For example, 52:30 reads: “Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time?"” 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 37:36 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:36 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"”

Which surah is verse 37:36 in?

Quran 37:36 is āyah 36 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 37:36?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:36 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.