Surah 37
As-Saaffaat
Those drawn up in Ranks
الصافات
Editorial study · not independently reviewed.
From a layerPart supplied, part absentAbsent
Name and conventional translation
Part absent
Arabic name
الصافات
Source fact
Transliteration
As-Saaffaat
Source fact
English name
Those drawn up in Ranks
Source fact as Tanzil metadata gives it; Tanzil names no translator for it
Verse count and position
From a layer
Verses
182
Derived link
Words
861
Derived link whitespace-separated tokens of the Uthmani text, the rule the morphology layer uses
Position in the mushaf order
37 of 114
Source fact
Position in a revelation ordering
56 of 114
Revelation order as encoded by the Tanzil metadata · Tanzil publishes an "order" value for each surah and documents the field only as "revelation order". It does not name which ordering it encodes, cite a scholar, or reference an edition. We have therefore not established whose ordering this is, and we do not name one. The major orderings disagree about dozens of surahs, so naming the likeliest candidate would be a guess presented as a citation.
Source fact
Place of revelation, as Tanzil classifies it
Meccan
Source fact Tanzil's classification, carried without a named authority
Juzʾ
Within juzʾ 23
Source fact juzʾ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record
Opening formula (basmala) in this edition
stands before verse 1 and is not numbered
Derived link
What the surah says of itself
Absent
Major movements and sections
Part absent
Rukūʿ divisions
| Rukūʿ | Verses | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 37:1-21 | وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفًّا |
| 2 | 37:22-74 | ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ … |
| 3 | 37:75-113 | وَلَقَدْ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ … |
| 4 | 37:114-138 | وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ … |
| 5 | 37:139-182 | وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ |
Source fact rukūʿ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record; each runs to the verse before the next; opening words are the first 4 words of its first verse
Repeated words and themes
Part absent
Verses repeated word for word
| Times | Verse text | At |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ | 37:40, 37:74, 37:128, 37:160 |
| 3 | وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ | 37:78, 37:108, 37:129 |
| 3 | إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ | 37:80, 37:121, 37:131 |
| 3 | إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ | 37:81, 37:111, 37:132 |
Derived link verses of this surah whose Uthmani text is byte-identical to another verse of it
Phrases repeated word for word
| Times | Words | Phrase | Verses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ | 40, 74, 128, 160, 169 |
| 5 | 3 | كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ | 80, 105, 110, 121, 131 |
| 4 | 4 | إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ | 80, 105, 121, 131 |
| 4 | 3 | مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ | 81, 111, 122, 132 |
Derived link runs of at least 3 consecutive words, inside one verse, occurring at least 3 times in this surah, kept only where no longer run has the same occurrences; a run that is only ever a whole repeated verse is listed above instead
Roots carried by the most words
861 words283 with one root, counted105 conflicting roots123 no root recorded350 not analysed
| Root | Words, at least | Verses | Forms in this surah |
|---|---|---|---|
| ق.و.ل | 16 | 15 | قَالَ فَقَالَ قَوْلُ قُلْ قِيلَ وَقَالَ وَيَقُولُونَ يَقُولُ |
| ع.ب.د | 14 | 14 | عِبَادَ عِبَادِنَا تَعْبُدُونَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ لِعِبَادِنَا يَعْبُدُونَ |
| ر.س.ل | 8 | 8 | ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ أَرْسَلْنَا وَأَرْسَلْنَٰهُ |
| س.ل.م | 8 | 8 | سَلَٰمٌ أَسْلَمَا سَلِيمٍ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ وَسَلَٰمٌ |
| ح.س.ن | 7 | 7 | ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ أَحْسَنَ مُحْسِنٌ |
| أ.م.ن | 5 | 5 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مُؤْمِنِينَ |
| ك.و.ن | 5 | 5 | كَانَ فَكَانَ |
| أ.و.ن | 4 | 4 | إِنَّكُمْ فَإِنَّكُمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ |
| ث.م.م | 4 | 4 | ثُمَّ |
| خ.ل.ق | 4 | 4 | خَلَقَكُمْ خَلَقْنَا خَلْقًا ٱلْخَٰلِقِينَ |
| ع.ل.م | 4 | 4 | ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ |
| ل.ك.م | 4 | 4 | لَكُمْ |
38 more roots
| ل.ه.م | 4 | 4 | لَهُمْ وَلَهُمْ |
| ي.و.م | 4 | 4 | يَوْمُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمِ |
| ب.ي.ن | 3 | 3 | بَيْنَهُمَا مُبِينٌ وَبَيْنَ |
| ح.ي.ن | 3 | 3 | حِينٍ |
| ذ.ك.ر | 3 | 3 | ذِكْرًا يَذْكُرُونَ |
| ر.ب.ب | 3 | 3 | أَلِرَبِّكَ بِرَبِّ رَبِّكَ |
| ش.ج.ر | 3 | 3 | شَجَرَةً شَجَرَةٌ شَجَرَةُ |
| ص.د.ق | 3 | 3 | صَدَّقْتَ صَٰدِقِينَ وَصَدَّقَ |
| ع.ذ.ب | 3 | 3 | أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا بِمُعَذَّبِينَ عَذَابٌ |
| ع.ظ.م | 3 | 3 | وَعِظَٰمًا عَظِيمٍ |
| ق.و.م | 3 | 3 | قَوْمًا مَقَامٌ وَقَوْمَهُمَا |
| ك.ذ.ب | 3 | 3 | تُكَذِّبُونَ فَكَذَّبُوهُ لَكَٰذِبُونَ |
| ن.ج.ي | 3 | 3 | نَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُمَا |
| و.أ.ل | 3 | 3 | ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ |
| ب.ش.ر | 2 | 2 | فَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ وَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ |
| ب.ص.ر | 2 | 2 | يُبْصِرُونَ |
| ب.ع.ث | 2 | 2 | لَمَبْعُوثُونَ يُبْعَثُونَ |
| ب.ع.ض | 2 | 2 | بَعْضٍ |
| ت.ر.ب | 2 | 2 | تُرَابًا |
| ج.ع.ل | 2 | 2 | جَعَلْنَٰهَا وَجَعَلْنَا |
| د.و.ن | 2 | 2 | دُونَ دُونِ |
| س.ب.ح | 2 | 2 | سُبْحَٰنَ |
| س.ق.م | 2 | 2 | سَقِيمٌ |
| ش.ط.ن | 2 | 2 | شَيْطَٰنٍ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ |
| ص.ر.ط | 2 | 2 | صِرَٰطِ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ |
| ص.ل.ح | 2 | 2 | ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ |
| ع.م.ل | 2 | 2 | تَعْمَلُونَ |
| ف.ت.ن | 2 | 2 | بِفَٰتِنِينَ فِتْنَةً |
| ق.ب.ل | 2 | 2 | فَأَقْبَلَ وَأَقْبَلَ |
| ك.ل.ل | 2 | 2 | كُلِّ |
| ن.ص.ر | 2 | 2 | وَنَصَرْنَٰهُمْ ٱلْمَنصُورُونَ |
| ن.ع.م | 2 | 2 | نِعْمَةُ ٱلنَّعِيمِ |
| ن.و.ح | 2 | 2 | لَنَحْنُ |
| و.ح.د | 2 | 2 | لَوَٰحِدٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ |
| و.ص.ف | 2 | 2 | يَصِفُونَ |
| و.ل.ي | 2 | 2 | فَتَوَلَّ وَتَوَلَّ |
| ز.ي.ن | 2 | 1 | بِزِينَةٍ زَيَّنَّا |
| ن.ظ.ر | 2 | 1 | فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةً |
Derived link a word counts toward a root only where every analysis Camel Morph kept for it names that one root and no analysis records none; words with no analysis, no root or conflicting roots are not counted anywhere. Roots on at least 2 words.
Not supplied
Words the analyser did not read
350 of this surah's 861 words have no analysis, and a further 228 have no single root, so the root counts are minimums. Camel Morph MSA is a Modern Standard Arabic analyser meeting Qur'anic Arabic.
People and events named
Absent
Common claims the text does not itself establish
Absent
Links to related topical studies
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Current studies citing a verse of this surah
11 current studies
Prophets & messengers3
Resurrection, judgment, paradise & hell3
Angels, jinn & Satan1
Magic, dreams & the supernatural1
Mental wellbeing & hardship1
Muhammad in the Qur'an1
Supplications & remembrance1
Derived link every study whose current signature cites at least one verse of this surah, grouped by its /studies theme (largest first, ties by name, no theme last) and ordered by first verse cited. A citation is not a statement that the study is about this surah.
Source and review status
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Sources this page draws on
| Source | Licence | Attribution notice |
|---|---|---|
| Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) Uthmani, Version 1.1 · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 | Qur'anic text from the Tanzil Project. Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Source: tanzil.net · Updates: tanzil.net/updates/ https://tanzil.net/updates/ |
| Tanzil Qur'an metadata quran-data.xml v1.0 · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution — version not specified by the source | Surah metadata from Tanzil Qur'an metadata (quran-data.xml, version 1.0), Tanzil Project, tanzil.net. (C) 2008-2009 Tanzil.info. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution; the source does not state a version. Values are reproduced unchanged; this site selects and arranges them, and derives verse ranges from the division start points. https://tanzil.net/res/text/metadata/quran-data.xml |
| Camel Morph MSA v1.0, LREC-COLING 2024 release · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | Morphological analyses from Camel Morph MSA (LREC-COLING 2024 release) by Christian Khairallah, Salam Khalifa, Reham Marzouk, Mayar Mohamadein Nassar and Nizar Habash, CAMeL Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi (Khairallah et al., 2024), https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Modified: this site runs the analyser over its Qur'anic text, keeps only analyses whose vocalisation matches the text, removes duplicates and counts the result. https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph |
Source fact
Verse restatements signed for this surah
0
Derived link
Signed introduction to this surah
One hundred and eighty-two verses: ranks of angels, and then prophets one after another, each closing on peace be upon him — Noah, Abraham, Moses and Aaron, Elias, Lot, Jonah. Its centre is Abraham telling his son what he has seen in a dream, and the son answering that he should do as he is commanded.
AALAMIN Editor · signed 2026-08-29 · Editorial
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