Surah Saad · Ayah 25·Makkī

25

لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ ﴿٢٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So We forgave him that; and indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.

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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 9 words

Rarest here: ز-ل-ف — 10× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 7 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Ghunnah1
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 34 letters · āyah 25 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 38:40 · Saadvery close

    وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ

    And indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.

  • Quran 38:43 · Saadclose

    وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ

    And We granted him his family and a like [number] with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for those of understanding.

  • Quran 21:75 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَأَدْخَلْنَٰهُ فِى رَحْمَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    And We admitted him into Our mercy. Indeed, he was of the righteous.

  • Quran 21:84 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِۦ مِن ضُرٍّ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْعَٰبِدِينَ

    So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the…

  • Quran 76:3 · Al-Insaanclose

    إِنَّا هَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلسَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا

    Indeed, We guided him to the way, be he grateful or be he ungrateful.

  • Quran 2:52 · Al-Baqaraclose

    ثُمَّ عَفَوْنَا عَنكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

    Then We forgave you after that so perhaps you would be grateful.

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.

  • Saad 38:404 shared roots

    وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ

    ز-ل-فأ-و-بح-س-نع-ن-د

  • Saad 38:404 shared roots

    وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ

    ز-ل-فأ-و-بح-س-نع-ن-د

  • Saad 38:492 shared roots

    هَٰذَا ذِكْرٌ وَإِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ

    أ-و-بح-س-ن

  • Saad 38:492 shared roots

    هَٰذَا ذِكْرٌ وَإِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ

    أ-و-بح-س-ن

  • Al-Israa 17:252 shared roots

    رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِى نُفُوسِكُمْ إِن تَكُونُوا۟ صَٰلِحِينَ فَإِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِلْأَوَّٰبِينَ غَفُورًا

    أ-و-بغ-ف-ر

  • Ar-Ra'd 13:292 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ طُوبَىٰ لَهُمْ وَحُسْنُ مَـَٔابٍ

    أ-و-بح-س-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 38:25?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 38:25 include Quran 38:40 (Surah Saad), Quran 38:43 (Surah Saad), Quran 21:75 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 21:84 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa). For example, 38:40 reads: “And indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.” 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 38:25 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 38:25 (Surah Saad, The letter Saad) reads: “So We forgave him that; and indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.”

Which surah is verse 38:25 in?

Quran 38:25 is āyah 25 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 38:25?

Tartīl presents Quran 38:25 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.