Surah Al-Fajr · Ayah 24·Makkī

24

يَٰلَيْتَنِى ﴿٢٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 4 words

Recitation · 6 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 20 letters · āyah 24 of 30

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 25:27 · Al-Furqaanclose

    وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى ٱتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا

    And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way.

  • Quran 74:14 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا

    And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].

  • Quran 74:18 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

    Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

  • Quran 69:26 · Al-Haaqqaclose

    وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ

    And had not known what is my account.

  • Quran 23:114 · Al-Muminoonclose

    قَٰلَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا لَّوْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    He will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known.

  • Quran 69:21 · Al-Haaqqaclose

    فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

    So he will be in a pleasant life -

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.

  • Yusuf 12:952 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَفِى ضَلَٰلِكَ ٱلْقَدِيمِ

    ق-د-مق-و-ل

  • Qaaf 50:282 shared roots

    قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ

    ق-د-مق-و-ل

  • Saba 34:302 shared roots

    قُل لَّكُم مِّيعَادُ يَوْمٍ لَّا تَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ عَنْهُ سَاعَةً وَلَا تَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

    ق-د-مق-و-ل

  • Yaseen 36:122 shared roots

    إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا۟ وَءَاثَٰرَهُمْ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ فِىٓ إِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ق-د-مح-ي-ي

  • Saad 38:612 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِى ٱلنَّارِ

    ق-د-مق-و-ل

  • Al-Qasas 28:472 shared roots

    وَلَوْلَآ أَن تُصِيبَهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَٰتِكَ وَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    ق-د-مق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 89:24?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 89:24 include Quran 25:27 (Surah Al-Furqaan), Quran 74:14 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), Quran 74:18 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), and Quran 69:26 (Surah Al-Haaqqa). For example, 25:27 reads: “And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way.” 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 89:24 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 89:24 (Surah Al-Fajr, The Dawn) reads: “He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."”

Which surah is verse 89:24 in?

Quran 89:24 is āyah 24 of Surah Al-Fajr (The Dawn), chapter 89 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 30 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 89:24?

Tartīl presents Quran 89:24 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.