Surah Ad-Dukhaan · Ayah 24·Makkī

24

إِنَّهُمْ ﴿٢٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And leave the sea in stillness. Indeed, they are an army to be drowned."

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 6 words

Rarest here: ر-ه-و — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 12 points across 6 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ4
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Ghunnah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 27 letters · āyah 24 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 36:43 · Yaseenclose

    وَإِن نَّشَأْ نُغْرِقْهُمْ فَلَا صَرِيخَ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنقَذُونَ

    And if We should will, We could drown them; then no one responding to a cry would there be for them, nor would they be saved

  • Quran 11:37 · Hudclose

    وَٱصْنَعِ ٱلْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا وَلَا تُخَٰطِبْنِى فِى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ إِنَّهُم مُّغْرَقُونَ

    And construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration and do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are [to be] drowned."

  • Quran 52:7 · At-Turclose

    إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌ

    Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.

  • Quran 7:136 · Al-A'raafclose

    فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا غَٰفِلِينَ

    So We took retribution from them, and We drowned them in the sea because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.

  • Quran 28:40 · Al-Qasasclose

    فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    So We took him and his soldiers and threw them into the sea. So see how was the end of the wrongdoers.

  • Quran 18:71 · Al-Kahfclose

    فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَكِبَا فِى ٱلسَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا إِمْرًا

    So they set out, until when they had embarked on the ship, al-Khidh r tore it open. [Moses] said, "Have you torn it open to drown its people? You have certainly done a grave…

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.

  • Yunus 10:903 shared roots

    وَجَٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ وَجُنُودُهُۥ بَغْيًا وَعَدْوًا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَدْرَكَهُ ٱلْغَرَقُ قَالَ ءَامَنتُ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنَتْ بِهِۦ بَنُوٓا۟ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ

    غ-ر-قج-ن-دب-ح-ر

  • Al-Baqara 2:502 shared roots

    وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَنجَيْنَٰكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ

    غ-ر-قب-ح-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 44:24?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 44:24 include Quran 36:43 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 11:37 (Surah Hud), Quran 52:7 (Surah At-Tur), and Quran 7:136 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 36:43 reads: “And if We should will, We could drown them; then no one responding to a cry would there be for them, nor would they be saved” 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 44:24 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 44:24 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan, The Smoke) reads: “And leave the sea in stillness. Indeed, they are an army to be drowned."”

Which surah is verse 44:24 in?

Quran 44:24 is āyah 24 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 44:24?

Tartīl presents Quran 44:24 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.