Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 124·Makkī

124

إِذْ أَلَا ﴿١٢٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

When he said to his people, "Will you not fear Allah?

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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 5 words

Recitation · 3 points across 1 rule family

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 18 letters · āyah 124 of 182

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 26:123 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    'Aad denied the messengers

  • Quran 37:129 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

    And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:

  • Quran 23:32 · Al-Muminoonclose

    فَأَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِّنْهُمْ أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    And We sent among them a messenger from themselves, [saying], "Worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"

  • Quran 23:23 · Al-Muminoonclose

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَقَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"

  • Quran 20:35 · Taa-Haaclose

    إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا

    Indeed, You are of us ever Seeing."

  • Quran 61:5 · As-Saffclose

    وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ يَٰقَوْمِ لِمَ تُؤْذُونَنِى وَقَد تَّعْلَمُونَ أَنِّى رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ فَلَمَّا زَاغُوٓا۟ أَزَاغَ ٱللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ

    And [mention, O Muhammad], when Moses said to his people, "O my people, why do you harm me while you certainly know that I am the messenger of Allah to you?" And when they…

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:124?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:124 include Quran 26:123 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 37:129 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 23:32 (Surah Al-Muminoon), and Quran 23:23 (Surah Al-Muminoon). For example, 26:123 reads: “'Aad denied the messengers” 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 37:124 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:124 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “When he said to his people, "Will you not fear Allah?”

Which surah is verse 37:124 in?

Quran 37:124 is āyah 124 of Surah As-Saaffaat (Those drawn up in Ranks), chapter 37 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 182 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 37:124?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:124 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.