Surah Al-Ghaafir · Ayah 31·Makkī

31

نُوحٍ وَثَمُودَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ وَمَا ﴿٣١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Like the custom of the people of Noah and of 'Aad and Thamud and those after them. And Allah wants no injustice for [His] servants.

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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 · 9 roots in 9 of 14 words

Rarest here: د-أ-ب — 6× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 15 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)4
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

14 words · 55 letters · 4 proper nouns · āyah 31 of 85

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

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    [Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They disbelieved in the signs of Allah, so Allah seized them for their sins. Indeed, Allah is…

  • Quran 8:33 · Al-Anfaalclose

    وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَأَنتَ فِيهِمْ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ مُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ

    But Allah would not punish them while you, [O Muhammad], are among them, and Allah would not punish them while they seek forgiveness.

  • Quran 33:73 · Al-Ahzaabclose

    لِّيُعَذِّبَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتِ وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَٱلْمُشْرِكَٰتِ وَيَتُوبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًۢا

    [It was] so that Allah may punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women and the men and women who associate others with Him and that Allah may accept repentance from the believing…

  • Quran 22:10 · Al-Hajjclose

    ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاكَ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَيْسَ بِظَلَّٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

    "That is for what your hands have put forth and because Allah is not ever unjust to [His] servants."

  • Quran 35:45 · Faatirclose

    وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِهَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ بَصِيرًۢا

    And if Allah were to impose blame on the people for what they have earned, He would not leave upon the earth any creature. But He defers them for a specified term. And when their…

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    إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

    But not the chosen servants of Allah.

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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-Muminoon 23:1072 shared roots

    رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْهَا فَإِنْ عُدْنَا فَإِنَّا ظَٰلِمُونَ

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  • Al-Anfaal 8:542 shared roots

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  • Al-Muminoon 23:473 shared roots

    فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَٰبِدُونَ

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    وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَثَمُودُ

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  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:112 shared roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 40:31?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 40:31 include Quran 8:52 (Surah Al-Anfaal), Quran 8:33 (Surah Al-Anfaal), Quran 33:73 (Surah Al-Ahzaab), and Quran 22:10 (Surah Al-Hajj). For example, 8:52 reads: “[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They disbelieved in the signs of Allah, so Allah seized them for their sins. Indeed, Allah is…” 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 40:31 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 40:31 (Surah Al-Ghaafir, The Forgiver) reads: “Like the custom of the people of Noah and of 'Aad and Thamud and those after them. And Allah wants no injustice for [His] servants.”

Which surah is verse 40:31 in?

Quran 40:31 is āyah 31 of Surah Al-Ghaafir (The Forgiver), chapter 40 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 85 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 40:31?

Tartīl presents Quran 40:31 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.