Surah Adh-Dhaariyat · Ayah 41·Makkī

41

وَفِى إِذْ عَلَيْهِمُ ﴿٤١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 7 words

Rarest here: ع-ق-م 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 9 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iẓhār1
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 30 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 41 of 60

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.

  • إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ

    Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,

  • فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِىٓ أَيَّامٍ نَّحِسَاتٍ لِّنُذِيقَهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْخِزْىِ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَخْزَىٰ وَهُمْ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

    So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more…

  • فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ عَارِضًا مُّسْتَقْبِلَ أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا عَارِضٌ مُّمْطِرُنَا بَلْ هُوَ مَا ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُم بِهِۦ رِيحٌ فِيهَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    And when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that for which you were impatient: a wind, within it a…

  • وَٱلْمُرْسَلَٰتِ عُرْفًا

    By those [winds] sent forth in gusts

  • فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

    So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].

  • وَلَئِنْ أَرْسَلْنَا رِيحًا فَرَأَوْهُ مُصْفَرًّا لَّظَلُّوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ يَكْفُرُونَ

    But if We should send a [bad] wind and they saw [their crops] turned yellow, they would remain thereafter disbelievers.

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1232 shared roots

    كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ع-و-در-س-ل

  • Al-Haaqqa 69:62 shared roots

    وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

    ر-و-حع-و-د

  • Al-Israa 17:693 shared roots

    أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ أَن يُعِيدَكُمْ فِيهِ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَاصِفًا مِّنَ ٱلرِّيحِ فَيُغْرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرْتُمْ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِهِۦ تَبِيعًا

    ر-و-حع-و-در-س-ل

  • Ar-Room 30:512 shared roots

    وَلَئِنْ أَرْسَلْنَا رِيحًا فَرَأَوْهُ مُصْفَرًّا لَّظَلُّوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ يَكْفُرُونَ

    ر-و-حر-س-ل

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:92 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ جَآءَتْكُمْ جُنُودٌ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا وَجُنُودًا لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا

    ر-و-حر-س-ل

  • Maryam 19:172 shared roots

    فَٱتَّخَذَتْ مِن دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا

    ر-و-حر-س-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 51:41?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 51:41 include Quran 54:19 (Surah Al-Qamar), Quran 41:16 (Surah Fussilat), Quran 46:24 (Surah Al-Ahqaf), and Quran 77:1 (Surah Al-Mursalaat). For example, 54:19 reads: “Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,” 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 51:41 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 51:41 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat, The Winnowing Winds) reads: “And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.”

Which surah is verse 51:41 in?

Quran 51:41 is āyah 41 of Surah Adh-Dhaariyat (The Winnowing Winds), chapter 51 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 60 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 51:41?

Tartīl presents Quran 51:41 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.