Surah Saad · Ayah 61·Makkī

61

مَن لَنَا هَٰذَا فِى ﴿٦١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They will say, "Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us - increase for him double punishment in the Fire."

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 11 words

Recitation · 17 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 40 letters · āyah 61 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 40:49 · Al-Ghaafirvery close

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ يُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا يَوْمًا مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ

    And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment."

  • Quran 33:68 · Al-Ahzaabclose

    رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِهِمْ ضِعْفَيْنِ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَٱلْعَنْهُمْ لَعْنًا كَبِيرًا

    Our Lord, give them double the punishment and curse them with a great curse."

  • Quran 28:41 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

    And We made them leaders inviting to the Fire, and on the Day of Resurrection they will not be helped.

  • Quran 44:47 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    [It will be commanded], "Seize him and drag him into the midst of the Hellfire,

  • Quran 6:27 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ وُقِفُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ فَقَالُوا۟ يَٰلَيْتَنَا نُرَدُّ وَلَا نُكَذِّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّنَا وَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    If you could but see when they are made to stand before the Fire and will say, "Oh, would that we could be returned [to life on earth] and not deny the signs of our Lord and be…

  • Quran 7:38 · Al-A'raafclose

    قَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ فِى ٱلنَّارِ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ لَّعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱدَّارَكُوا۟ فِيهَا جَمِيعًا قَالَتْ أُخْرَىٰهُمْ لِأُولَىٰهُمْ رَبَّنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَضَلُّونَا فَـَٔاتِهِمْ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَعْلَمُونَ

    [Allah] will say, "Enter among nations which had passed on before you of jinn and mankind into the Fire." Every time a nation enters, it will curse its sister until, when they…

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.

  • An-Naba 78:302 shared roots

    فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

    ز-ي-دع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Fajr 89:242 shared roots

    يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

    ق-د-مق-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:952 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَفِى ضَلَٰلِكَ ٱلْقَدِيمِ

    ق-د-مق-و-ل

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:683 shared roots

    رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِهِمْ ضِعْفَيْنِ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَٱلْعَنْهُمْ لَعْنًا كَبِيرًا

    ض-ع-فع-ذ-بر-ب-ب

  • Ibrahim 14:73 shared roots

    وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئِن شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ وَلَئِن كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذَابِى لَشَدِيدٌ

    ز-ي-دع-ذ-بر-ب-ب

  • Hud 11:982 shared roots

    يَقْدُمُ قَوْمَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ فَأَوْرَدَهُمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْوِرْدُ ٱلْمَوْرُودُ

    ق-د-من-و-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 38:61?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 38:61 include Quran 40:49 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), Quran 33:68 (Surah Al-Ahzaab), Quran 28:41 (Surah Al-Qasas), and Quran 44:47 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan). For example, 40:49 reads: “And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment."” 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 38:61 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 38:61 (Surah Saad, The letter Saad) reads: “They will say, "Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us - increase for him double punishment in the Fire."”

Which surah is verse 38:61 in?

Quran 38:61 is āyah 61 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 38:61?

Tartīl presents Quran 38:61 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.