Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 71·Makkī

71

وَلَقَدْ ﴿٧١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples,

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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 4 of 5 words

Recitation · 6 points across 5 rule families

  • Qalqalah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 22 letters · āyah 71 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 33:67 · Al-Ahzaabclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّآ أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَآءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا ٱلسَّبِيلَا۠

    And they will say, "Our Lord, indeed we obeyed our masters and our dignitaries, and they led us astray from the [right] way.

  • Quran 20:128 · Taa-Haaclose

    أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَٰكِنِهِمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ

    Then, has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them as they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence.

  • Quran 15:10 · Al-Hijrclose

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples.

  • Quran 83:31 · Al-Mutaffifinclose

    وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ

    And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.

  • Quran 77:16 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    Did We not destroy the former peoples?

  • Quran 21:12 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّوا۟ بَأْسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ

    And when its inhabitants perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.

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.

  • Nooh 71:242 shared roots

    وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلًا

    ك-ث-رض-ل-ل

  • Yaseen 36:622 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمْ جِبِلًّا كَثِيرًا أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْقِلُونَ

    ك-ث-رض-ل-ل

  • Al-Hijr 15:102 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    أ-و-لق-ب-ل

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:742 shared roots

    مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا بَل لَّمْ نَكُن نَّدْعُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ شَيْـًٔا كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    ض-ل-لق-ب-ل

  • An-Naml 27:682 shared roots

    لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَٰذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    أ-و-لق-ب-ل

  • Al-Muminoon 23:832 shared roots

    لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    أ-و-لق-ب-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:71?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:71 include Quran 33:67 (Surah Al-Ahzaab), Quran 20:128 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 15:10 (Surah Al-Hijr), and Quran 83:31 (Surah Al-Mutaffifin). For example, 33:67 reads: “And they will say, "Our Lord, indeed we obeyed our masters and our dignitaries, and they led us astray from the [right] way.” 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 37:71 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:71 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples,”

Which surah is verse 37:71 in?

Quran 37:71 is āyah 71 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 37:71?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:71 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.