Surah Al-Qamar · Ayah 24·Makkī

24

مِّنَّا إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ﴿٢٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 10 words

Recitation · 16 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Ikhfāʾ4
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ghunnah4

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 39 letters · āyah 24 of 55

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.

  • فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَٰبِدُونَ

    They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"

  • قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    Said the eminent among his people, "Indeed, we see you in clear error."

  • إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لَوْلَآ أَن صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْعَذَابَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

    He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in…

  • وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَٰدِرِينَ

    And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.

  • وَنُقَلِّبُ أَفْـِٔدَتَهُمْ وَأَبْصَٰرَهُمْ كَمَا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَنَذَرُهُمْ فِى طُغْيَٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

    And We will turn away their hearts and their eyes just as they refused to believe in it the first time. And We will leave them in their transgression, wandering blindly.

  • ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

    Then woe to you, and woe!

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-Qamar 54:472 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

    س-ع-رض-ل-ل

  • Al-Qamar 54:472 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

    س-ع-رض-ل-ل

  • Al-Hajj 22:42 shared roots

    كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُۥ مَن تَوَلَّاهُ فَأَنَّهُۥ يُضِلُّهُۥ وَيَهْدِيهِ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

    س-ع-رض-ل-ل

  • Al-Muddaththir 74:252 shared roots

    إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

    ب-ش-رق-و-ل

  • Luqman 31:213 shared roots

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

    س-ع-رت-ب-عق-و-ل

  • Fussilat 41:63 shared roots

    قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ فَٱسْتَقِيمُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُ وَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُشْرِكِينَ

    و-ح-دب-ش-رق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 54:24?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 54:24 include Quran 23:47 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 7:60 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 25:42 (Surah Al-Furqaan), and Quran 68:25 (Surah Al-Qalam). For example, 23:47 reads: “They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"” 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 54:24 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 54:24 (Surah Al-Qamar, The Moon) reads: “And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.”

Which surah is verse 54:24 in?

Quran 54:24 is āyah 24 of Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon), chapter 54 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 55 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 54:24?

Tartīl presents Quran 54:24 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.