Surah Az-Zumar · Ayah 66·Makkī

66

بَلِ مِّنَ ﴿٦٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Rather, worship [only] Allah and be among the grateful.

Compare all 34 translations →

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 6 words

Recitation · 9 points across 7 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Light Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 23 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 66 of 75

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 11:122 · Hudvery close

    وَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ

    And wait, indeed, we are waiting."

  • Quran 22:18 · Al-Hajjvery close

    أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَسْجُدُ لَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ وَٱلنُّجُومُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ وَٱلدَّوَآبُّ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَكَثِيرٌ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَمَن يُهِنِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن مُّكْرِمٍ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ

    Do you not see that to Allah prostrates whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth and the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the moving creatures and…

  • Quran 39:7 · Az-Zumarvery close

    إِن تَكْفُرُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِىٌّ عَنكُمْ وَلَا يَرْضَىٰ لِعِبَادِهِ ٱلْكُفْرَ وَإِن تَشْكُرُوا۟ يَرْضَهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُم مَّرْجِعُكُمْ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

    If you disbelieve - indeed, Allah is Free from need of you. And He does not approve for His servants disbelief. And if you are grateful, He approves it for you; and no bearer of…

  • Quran 37:160 · As-Saaffaatvery close

    إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

    Except the chosen servants of Allah [who do not share in that sin].

  • Quran 3:126 · Aal-i-Imraanvery close

    وَمَا جَعَلَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بُشْرَىٰ لَكُمْ وَلِتَطْمَئِنَّ قُلُوبُكُم بِهِۦ وَمَا ٱلنَّصْرُ إِلَّا مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

    And Allah made it not except as [a sign of] good tidings for you and to reassure your hearts thereby. And victory is not except from Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise -

  • Quran 2:200 · Al-Baqaravery close

    فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُم مَّنَٰسِكَكُمْ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَذِكْرِكُمْ ءَابَآءَكُمْ أَوْ أَشَدَّ ذِكْرًا فَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَٰقٍ

    And when you have completed your rites, remember Allah like your [previous] remembrance of your fathers or with [much] greater remembrance. And among the people is he who says…

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-Israa 17:33 shared roots

    ذُرِّيَّةَ مَنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا

    ش-ك-رع-ب-دك-و-ن

  • Al-Baqara 2:1724 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَٰكُمْ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لِلَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

    ش-ك-رع-ب-دك-و-نأ-ل-ه

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:922 shared roots

    وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

    ع-ب-دك-و-ن

  • An-Nisaa 4:1473 shared roots

    مَّا يَفْعَلُ ٱللَّهُ بِعَذَابِكُمْ إِن شَكَرْتُمْ وَءَامَنتُمْ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ شَاكِرًا عَلِيمًا

    ش-ك-رك-و-نأ-ل-ه

  • An-Nahl 16:1144 shared roots

    فَكُلُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ حَلَٰلًا طَيِّبًا وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

    ش-ك-رع-ب-دك-و-نأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Insaan 76:222 shared roots

    إِنَّ هَٰذَا كَانَ لَكُمْ جَزَآءً وَكَانَ سَعْيُكُم مَّشْكُورًا

    ش-ك-رك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 39:66?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 39:66 include Quran 11:122 (Surah Hud), Quran 22:18 (Surah Al-Hajj), Quran 39:7 (Surah Az-Zumar), and Quran 37:160 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 11:122 reads: “And wait, indeed, we are waiting."” 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 39:66 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 39:66 (Surah Az-Zumar, The Groups) reads: “Rather, worship [only] Allah and be among the grateful.”

Which surah is verse 39:66 in?

Quran 39:66 is āyah 66 of Surah Az-Zumar (The Groups), chapter 39 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 75 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 39:66?

Tartīl presents Quran 39:66 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.