Surah Ad-Dukhaan · Ayah 20·Makkī

20

وَإِنِّى أَن ﴿٢٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me.

Compare all 34 translations →

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 6 words

Recitation · 8 points across 5 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 24 letters · āyah 20 of 59

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 23:98 · Al-Muminoonvery close

    وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحْضُرُونِ

    And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me."

  • Quran 23:97 · Al-Muminoonvery close

    وَقُل رَّبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزَٰتِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ

    And say, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the incitements of the devils,

  • Quran 14:40 · Ibrahimclose

    رَبِّ ٱجْعَلْنِى مُقِيمَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِى رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَآءِ

    My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and [many] from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication.

  • Quran 23:52 · Al-Muminoonclose

    وَإِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمْ فَٱتَّقُونِ

    And indeed this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so fear Me."

  • Quran 11:47 · Hudclose

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْـَٔلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِى وَتَرْحَمْنِىٓ أَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

    [Noah] said, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy upon me, I will be among the losers."

  • Quran 26:21 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me wisdom and prophethood and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.

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.

  • An-Nahl 16:982 shared roots

    فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ فَٱسْتَعِذْ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ

    ر-ج-مع-و-ذ

  • An-Naas 114:12 shared roots

    قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ

    ع-و-ذر-ب-ب

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:363 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَضَعْتُهَآ أُنثَىٰ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا وَضَعَتْ وَلَيْسَ ٱلذَّكَرُ كَٱلْأُنثَىٰ وَإِنِّى سَمَّيْتُهَا مَرْيَمَ وَإِنِّىٓ أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ

    ر-ج-مع-و-ذر-ب-ب

  • Al-Muminoon 23:982 shared roots

    وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحْضُرُونِ

    ع-و-ذر-ب-ب

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:272 shared roots

    وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُم مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    ع-و-ذر-ب-ب

  • Al-Falaq 113:12 shared roots

    قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ

    ع-و-ذر-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 44:20?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 44:20 include Quran 23:98 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 23:97 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 14:40 (Surah Ibrahim), and Quran 23:52 (Surah Al-Muminoon). For example, 23:98 reads: “And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me."” 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 44:20 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 44:20 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan, The Smoke) reads: “And indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me.”

Which surah is verse 44:20 in?

Quran 44:20 is āyah 20 of Surah Ad-Dukhaan (The Smoke), chapter 44 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 59 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 44:20?

Tartīl presents Quran 44:20 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.