Surah Saad · Ayah 79·Makkī

79

إِلَىٰ ﴿٧٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."

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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 6 words

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 24 letters · āyah 79 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 15:37 · Al-Hijrvery close

    قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ

    [Allah] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved

  • Quran 7:15 · Al-A'raafvery close

    قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ

    [Allah] said, "Indeed, you are of those reprieved."

  • Quran 17:62 · Al-Israavery close

    قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كَرَّمْتَ عَلَىَّ لَئِنْ أَخَّرْتَنِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

    [Iblees] said, "Do You see this one whom You have honored above me? If You delay me until the Day of Resurrection, I will surely destroy his descendants, except for a few."

  • Quran 23:99 · Al-Muminoonclose

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرْجِعُونِ

    [For such is the state of the disbelievers], until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back

  • Quran 37:100 · As-Saaffaatclose

    رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    My Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous."

  • Quran 26:83 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    [And he said], "My Lord, grant me authority and join me with the righteous.

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 38:79?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 38:79 include Quran 15:37 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 7:15 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 17:62 (Surah Al-Israa), and Quran 23:99 (Surah Al-Muminoon). For example, 15:37 reads: “[Allah] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved” 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 38:79 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 38:79 (Surah Saad, The letter Saad) reads: “He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."”

Which surah is verse 38:79 in?

Quran 38:79 is āyah 79 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 38:79?

Tartīl presents Quran 38:79 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.