Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 24·Makkī

24

إِنَّهُم ﴿٢٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And stop them; indeed, they are to be questioned."

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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 · 2 roots in 2 of 3 words

Rarest here: و-ق-ف 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 7 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ghunnah2

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 17 letters · āyah 24 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.

  • مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

    Other than Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?"

  • فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ

    So they will be overturned into Hellfire, they and the deviators

  • وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ كَمَا كَفَرُوا۟ فَتَكُونُونَ سَوَآءً فَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ حَتَّىٰ يُهَاجِرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

    They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away…

  • وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ

    And warn, [O Muhammad], your closest kindred.

  • وَإِذْ قَالَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِّنْهُمْ لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوْمًا ٱللَّهُ مُهْلِكُهُمْ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا قَالُوا۟ مَعْذِرَةً إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

    And when a community among them said, "Why do you advise [or warn] a people whom Allah is [about] to destroy or to punish with a severe punishment?" they [the advisors] said, "To…

  • قُلْ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَعْصِمُكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ سُوٓءًا أَوْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ رَحْمَةً وَلَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

    Say, "Who is it that can protect you from Allah if He intends for you an ill or intends for you a mercy?" And they will not find for themselves besides Allah any protector or any…

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:24?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:24 include Quran 26:93 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:94 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 4:89 (Surah An-Nisaa), and Quran 26:214 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 26:93 reads: “Other than Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?"” 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 37:24 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:24 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “And stop them; indeed, they are to be questioned."”

Which surah is verse 37:24 in?

Quran 37:24 is āyah 24 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 37:24?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:24 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.