Surah Saad · Ayah 10·Makkī

10

أَمْ لَهُم وَمَا فِى ﴿١٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Or is theirs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend through [any] ways of access.

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 10 words

Rarest here: ر-ق-ي — 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 13 points across 4 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 45 letters · āyah 10 of 88

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 52:38 · At-Turclose

    أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

    Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority.

  • Quran 7:185 · Al-A'raafclose

    أَوَلَمْ يَنظُرُوا۟ فِى مَلَكُوتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ وَأَنْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَدِ ٱقْتَرَبَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    Do they not look into the realm of the heavens and the earth and everything that Allah has created and [think] that perhaps their appointed time has come near? So in what…

  • Quran 15:14 · Al-Hijrclose

    وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ

    And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,

  • Quran 70:39 · Al-Ma'aarijclose

    كَلَّآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

    No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.

  • Quran 37:5 · As-Saaffaatclose

    رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ

    Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them and Lord of the sunrises.

  • Quran 78:6 · An-Nabaclose

    أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا

    Have We not made the earth a resting place?

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-Kahf 18:842 shared roots

    إِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ سَبَبًا

    س-ب-بأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Israa 17:932 shared roots

    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

    ر-ق-يس-م-و

  • An-Naba 78:374 shared roots

    رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

    م-ل-كس-م-وأ-ر-ضب-ي-ن

  • Al-Hadid 57:53 shared roots

    لَّهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

    م-ل-كس-م-وأ-ر-ض

  • An-Noor 24:423 shared roots

    وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    م-ل-كس-م-وأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Burooj 85:93 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

    م-ل-كس-م-وأ-ر-ض

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 38:10?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 38:10 include Quran 52:38 (Surah At-Tur), Quran 7:185 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 15:14 (Surah Al-Hijr), and Quran 70:39 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij). For example, 52:38 reads: “Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority.” 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 38:10 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 38:10 (Surah Saad, The letter Saad) reads: “Or is theirs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend through [any] ways of access.”

Which surah is verse 38:10 in?

Quran 38:10 is āyah 10 of Surah Saad (The letter Saad), chapter 38 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 88 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 38:10?

Tartīl presents Quran 38:10 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.