Surah Al-Muminoon · Ayah 23·Makkī

23

وَلَقَدْ نُوحًا إِلَىٰ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ أَفَلَا ﴿٢٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"

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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 · 7 roots in 9 of 16 words

Recitation · 19 points across 8 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Idghām shafawī1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

16 words · 62 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 23 of 118

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 7:59 · Al-A'raafvery close

    لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَقَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

    We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day.

  • Quran 26:105 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    The people of Noah denied the messengers

  • Quran 26:107 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

    Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

  • Quran 37:74 · As-Saaffaatvery close

    إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

    But not the chosen servants of Allah.

  • Quran 10:71 · Yunusvery close

    وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ نُوحٍ إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦ يَٰقَوْمِ إِن كَانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكُم مَّقَامِى وَتَذْكِيرِى بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ فَأَجْمِعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَكُمْ وَشُرَكَآءَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُنْ أَمْرُكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ غُمَّةً ثُمَّ ٱقْضُوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ وَلَا تُنظِرُونِ

    And recite to them the news of Noah, when he said to his people, "O my people, if my residence and my reminding of the signs of Allah has become burdensome upon you - then I have…

  • Quran 71:22 · Noohvery close

    وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا

    And they conspired an immense conspiracy.

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-Muminoon 23:325 shared roots

    فَأَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِّنْهُمْ أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    غ-ي-رو-ق-يع-ب-در-س-لأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Muminoon 23:325 shared roots

    فَأَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِّنْهُمْ أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    غ-ي-رو-ق-يع-ب-در-س-لأ-ل-ه

  • Al-A'raaf 7:595 shared roots

    لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَقَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

    غ-ي-رع-ب-در-س-لق-و-مق-و-ل

  • As-Saaffaat 37:1243 shared roots

    إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    و-ق-يق-و-مق-و-ل

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:165 shared roots

    وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    و-ق-يع-ب-دق-و-مق-و-لأ-ل-ه

  • Al-A'raaf 7:655 shared roots

    وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًا قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    غ-ي-رو-ق-يع-ب-دق-و-مق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 23:23?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 23:23 include Quran 7:59 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 26:105 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:107 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 37:74 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 7:59 reads: “We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day.” 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 23:23 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 23:23 (Surah Al-Muminoon, The Believers) reads: “And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"”

Which surah is verse 23:23 in?

Quran 23:23 is āyah 23 of Surah Al-Muminoon (The Believers), chapter 23 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 118 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 23:23?

Tartīl presents Quran 23:23 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.