Surah Al-Qamar · Ayah 31·Makkī

31

إِنَّآ عَلَيْهِمْ ﴿٣١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.

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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 8 words

Rarest here: ح-ظ-ر — 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 11 points across 6 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 40 letters · āyah 31 of 55

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 54:19 · Al-Qamarclose

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ

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

  • Quran 15:82 · Al-Hijrclose

    وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ

    And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.

  • Quran 36:29 · Yaseenclose

    إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَٰمِدُونَ

    It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished.

  • Quran 23:41 · Al-Muminoonclose

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ غُثَآءً فَبُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    So the shriek seized them in truth, and We made them as [plant] stubble. Then away with the wrongdoing people.

  • Quran 105:4 · Al-Filrelated

    تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

    Striking them with stones of hard clay,

  • Quran 20:66 · Taa-Haarelated

    قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ

    He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].

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.

  • Yaseen 36:533 shared roots

    إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ

    ص-ي-حو-ح-دك-و-ن

  • Saad 38:152 shared roots

    وَمَا يَنظُرُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٍ

    ص-ي-حو-ح-د

  • Al-Israa 17:202 shared roots

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

    ح-ظ-رك-و-ن

  • Yaseen 36:293 shared roots

    إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَٰمِدُونَ

    ص-ي-حو-ح-دك-و-ن

  • Yaseen 36:492 shared roots

    مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ

    ص-ي-حو-ح-د

  • Al-Kahf 18:452 shared roots

    وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًا تَذْرُوهُ ٱلرِّيَٰحُ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مُّقْتَدِرًا

    ه-ش-مك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 54:31?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 54:31 include Quran 54:19 (Surah Al-Qamar), Quran 15:82 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 36:29 (Surah Yaseen), and Quran 23:41 (Surah Al-Muminoon). 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 54:31 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 54:31 (Surah Al-Qamar, The Moon) reads: “Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.”

Which surah is verse 54:31 in?

Quran 54:31 is āyah 31 of Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon), chapter 54 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 55 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 54:31?

Tartīl presents Quran 54:31 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.