Surah Saad · Ayah 9·Makkī

9

أَمْ ﴿٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Or do they have the depositories of the mercy of your Lord, the Exalted in Might, the Bestower?

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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 7 words

Recitation · 9 points across 5 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 31 letters · āyah 9 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 52:37 · At-Turvery close

    أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ

    Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?

  • Quran 16:47 · An-Nahlclose

    أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٍ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    Or that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]? But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.

  • Quran 43:32 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    أَهُمْ يَقْسِمُونَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُم مَّعِيشَتَهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَٰتٍ لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا سُخْرِيًّا وَرَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ

    Do they distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world and have raised some of them above others in degrees…

  • Quran 37:180 · As-Saaffaatclose

    سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

    Exalted is your Lord, the Lord of might, above what they describe.

  • Quran 17:20 · Al-Israaclose

    كُلًّا نُّمِدُّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مِنْ عَطَآءِ رَبِّكَ وَمَا كَانَ عَطَآءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُورًا

    To each [category] We extend - to these and to those - from the gift of your Lord. And never has the gift of your Lord been restricted.

  • Quran 55:59 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

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 38:9?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 38:9 include Quran 52:37 (Surah At-Tur), Quran 16:47 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 43:32 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), and Quran 37:180 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 52:37 reads: “Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?” 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 38:9 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 38:9 (Surah Saad, The letter Saad) reads: “Or do they have the depositories of the mercy of your Lord, the Exalted in Might, the Bestower?”

Which surah is verse 38:9 in?

Quran 38:9 is āyah 9 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 38:9?

Tartīl presents Quran 38:9 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.