Surah Adh-Dhaariyat · Ayah 46·Makkī

46

نُوحٍ مِّن إِنَّهُمْ ﴿٤٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

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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 · 4 roots in 5 of 8 words

Recitation · 12 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Ghunnah2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 30 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 46 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 53:52 · An-Najmvery close

    وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ

    And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.

  • Quran 53:53 · An-Najmvery close

    وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ

    And the overturned towns He hurled down

  • Quran 50:12 · Qaafvery close

    كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ

    The people of Noah denied before them, and the companions of the well and Thamud

  • Quran 53:51 · An-Najmvery close

    وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ

    And Thamud - and He did not spare [them] -

  • Quran 29:14 · Al-Ankabootvery close

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

    And We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers.

  • Quran 54:9 · Al-Qamarvery close

    كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ

    The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.

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.

  • At-Tawba 9:534 shared roots

    قُلْ أَنفِقُوا۟ طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا لَّن يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ

    ف-س-قق-ب-لق-و-مك-و-ن

  • As-Sajda 32:182 shared roots

    أَفَمَن كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا كَمَن كَانَ فَاسِقًا لَّا يَسْتَوُۥنَ

    ف-س-قك-و-ن

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:543 shared roots

    فَٱسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ

    ف-س-قق-و-مك-و-ن

  • Al-Munaafiqoon 63:62 shared roots

    سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَسْتَغْفَرْتَ لَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ لَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ

    ف-س-قق-و-م

  • Al-Hashr 59:192 shared roots

    وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَأَنسَىٰهُمْ أَنفُسَهُمْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ

    ف-س-قك-و-ن

  • Al-An'aam 6:492 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَمَسُّهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

    ف-س-قك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 51:46?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 51:46 include Quran 53:52 (Surah An-Najm), Quran 53:53 (Surah An-Najm), Quran 50:12 (Surah Qaaf), and Quran 53:51 (Surah An-Najm). For example, 53:52 reads: “And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.” 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 51:46 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 51:46 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat, The Winnowing Winds) reads: “And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.”

Which surah is verse 51:46 in?

Quran 51:46 is āyah 46 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 51:46?

Tartīl presents Quran 51:46 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.