Surah Adh-Dhaariyat · Ayah 40·Makkī

40

فِى وَهُوَ ﴿٤٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.

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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 7 words

Recitation · 8 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 32 letters · āyah 40 of 60

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 28:40 · Al-Qasasvery close

    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 17:103 · Al-Israaclose

    فَأَرَادَ أَن يَسْتَفِزَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ جَمِيعًا

    So he intended to drive them from the land, but We drowned him and those with him all together.

  • Quran 37:141 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ

    And he drew lots and was among the losers.

  • 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 37:145 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَنَبَذْنَٰهُ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌ

    But We threw him onto the open shore while he was ill.

  • Quran 18:79 · Al-Kahfclose

    أَمَّا ٱلسَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَٰكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ فَأَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَآءَهُم مَّلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبًا

    As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every [good] ship by force.

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.

  • Al-Qasas 28:404 shared roots

    فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    ي-م-من-ب-ذج-ن-دأ-خ-ذ

  • Taa-Haa 20:782 shared roots

    فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ بِجُنُودِهِۦ فَغَشِيَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْيَمِّ مَا غَشِيَهُمْ

    ي-م-مج-ن-د

  • Taa-Haa 20:392 shared roots

    أَنِ ٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلتَّابُوتِ فَٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ ٱلْيَمُّ بِٱلسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ لِّى وَعَدُوٌّ لَّهُۥ وَأَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِّنِّى وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلَىٰ عَيْنِىٓ

    ي-م-مأ-خ-ذ

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1872 shared roots

    وَإِذْ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِيثَٰقَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُۥ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَكْتُمُونَهُۥ فَنَبَذُوهُ وَرَآءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَٱشْتَرَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا فَبِئْسَ مَا يَشْتَرُونَ

    ن-ب-ذأ-خ-ذ

  • Al-Baqara 2:2672 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَٰتِ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ وَمِمَّآ أَخْرَجْنَا لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا۟ ٱلْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنفِقُونَ وَلَسْتُم بِـَٔاخِذِيهِ إِلَّآ أَن تُغْمِضُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌ

    ي-م-مأ-خ-ذ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 51:40?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 51:40 include Quran 28:40 (Surah Al-Qasas), Quran 17:103 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 37:141 (Surah As-Saaffaat), and Quran 7:136 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 28:40 reads: “So We took him and his soldiers and threw them into the sea. So see how was the end of the wrongdoers.” 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 51:40 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 51:40 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat, The Winnowing Winds) reads: “So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.”

Which surah is verse 51:40 in?

Quran 51:40 is āyah 40 of Surah Adh-Dhaariyat (The Winnowing Winds), chapter 51 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 60 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 51:40?

Tartīl presents Quran 51:40 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.