Surah Al-Hijr · Ayah 24·Makkī

24

وَلَقَدْ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ ﴿٢٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].

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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 4 of 7 words

Recitation · 14 points across 6 rule families

  • Qalqalah3
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 42 letters · āyah 24 of 99

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.

  • قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعْضُ ٱلَّذِى تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

    Say, "Perhaps it is close behind you - some of that for which you are impatient.

  • وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    And Our word has already preceded for Our servants, the messengers,

  • نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ

    As a warning to humanity -

  • نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذْ يَقُولُ أَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيقَةً إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا يَوْمًا

    We are most knowing of what they say when the best of them in manner will say, "You remained not but one day."

  • قُلْ كُلٌّ مُّتَرَبِّصٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ ٱلسَّوِىِّ وَمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ

    Say, "Each [of us] is waiting; so wait. For you will know who are the companions of the sound path and who is guided."

  • إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ وَإِن كُنَّا لَمُبْتَلِينَ

    Indeed in that are signs, and indeed, We are ever testing [Our servants].

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.

  • Al-Infitaar 82:53 shared roots

    عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ

    ق-د-مأ-خ-رع-ل-م

  • Al-Muddaththir 74:372 shared roots

    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

    ق-د-مأ-خ-ر

  • Al-Qiyaama 75:132 shared roots

    يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

    ق-د-مأ-خ-ر

  • Saba 34:302 shared roots

    قُل لَّكُم مِّيعَادُ يَوْمٍ لَّا تَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ عَنْهُ سَاعَةً وَلَا تَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

    ق-د-مأ-خ-ر

  • Al-A'raaf 7:342 shared roots

    وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

    ق-د-مأ-خ-ر

  • Al-Hijr 15:962 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

    أ-خ-رع-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 15:24?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 15:24 include Quran 27:72 (Surah An-Naml), Quran 37:171 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 74:36 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), and Quran 20:104 (Surah Taa-Haa). For example, 27:72 reads: “Say, "Perhaps it is close behind you - some of that for which you are impatient.” 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 15:24 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 15:24 (Surah Al-Hijr, The Rock) reads: “And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].”

Which surah is verse 15:24 in?

Quran 15:24 is āyah 24 of Surah Al-Hijr (The Rock), chapter 15 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 99 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 15:24?

Tartīl presents Quran 15:24 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.