Surah Al-Ankaboot · Ayah 24·Makkī

24

فَمَا إِلَّآ أَن أَوْ مِنَ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ ﴿٢٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And the answer of Abraham's people was not but that they said, "Kill him or burn him," but Allah saved him from the fire. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

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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 · 11 roots in 12 of 20 words

Rarest here: ح-ر-ق — 9× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 26 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī14
  • Ikhfāʾ4
  • Qalqalah1
  • Light rāʾ2
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

20 words · 76 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 24 of 69

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 37:56 · As-Saaffaatclose

    قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ

    He will say, "By Allah, you almost ruined me.

  • Quran 84:13 · Al-Inshiqaaqclose

    إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

    Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;

  • Quran 2:126 · Al-Baqaraclose

    وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّ ٱجْعَلْ هَٰذَا بَلَدًا ءَامِنًا وَٱرْزُقْ أَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ مِنْهُم بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ قَالَ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَأُمَتِّعُهُۥ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ أَضْطَرُّهُۥٓ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلنَّارِ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, make this a secure city and provide its people with fruits - whoever of them believes in Allah and the Last Day." [Allah] said. "And…

  • Quran 21:69 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    قُلْنَا يَٰنَارُ كُونِى بَرْدًا وَسَلَٰمًا عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

    Allah said, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham."

  • Quran 2:73 · Al-Baqaraclose

    فَقُلْنَا ٱضْرِبُوهُ بِبَعْضِهَا كَذَٰلِكَ يُحْىِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَيُرِيكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

    So, We said, "Strike the slain man with part of it." Thus does Allah bring the dead to life, and He shows you His signs that you might reason.

  • Quran 8:17 · Al-Anfaalclose

    فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَتَلَهُمْ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَمَىٰ وَلِيُبْلِىَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْهُ بَلَآءً حَسَنًا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

    And you did not kill them, but it was Allah who killed them. And you threw not, [O Muhammad], when you threw, but it was Allah who threw that He might test the believers with a…

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.

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    قَالُوا۟ حَرِّقُوهُ وَٱنصُرُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ

    ح-ر-قك-و-نق-و-لأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:413 shared roots

    وَيَٰقَوْمِ مَا لِىٓ أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى ٱلنَّجَوٰةِ وَتَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ

    ن-ج-ون-و-رق-و-م

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:883 shared roots

    فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُـۨجِى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    ج-و-بن-ج-وأ-م-ن

  • Al-Burooj 85:102 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

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  • Fussilat 41:183 shared roots

    وَنَجَّيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ

    ن-ج-وأ-م-نك-و-ن

  • An-Naml 27:533 shared roots

    وَأَنجَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ

    ن-ج-وأ-م-نك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 29:24?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 29:24 include Quran 37:56 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 84:13 (Surah Al-Inshiqaaq), Quran 2:126 (Surah Al-Baqara), and Quran 21:69 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa). For example, 37:56 reads: “He will say, "By Allah, you almost ruined 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 29:24 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 29:24 (Surah Al-Ankaboot, The Spider) reads: “And the answer of Abraham's people was not but that they said, "Kill him or burn him," but Allah saved him from the fire. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.”

Which surah is verse 29:24 in?

Quran 29:24 is āyah 24 of Surah Al-Ankaboot (The Spider), chapter 29 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 69 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 29:24?

Tartīl presents Quran 29:24 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.