Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 24·Makkī

24

وَإِذَا لَهُم مَّاذَآ ﴿٢٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when it is said to them, "What has your Lord sent down?" They say, "Legends of the former peoples,"

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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 · 5 roots in 6 of 9 words

Recitation · 15 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Idghām shafawī2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 39 letters · āyah 24 of 128

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 8:31 · Al-Anfaalclose

    وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالُوا۟ قَدْ سَمِعْنَا لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَٰذَآ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

  • Quran 40:73 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    ثُمَّ قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تُشْرِكُونَ

    Then it will be said to them, "Where is that which you used to associate [with Him in worship]

  • Quran 51:31 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

    [Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

  • Quran 83:13 · Al-Mutaffifinclose

    إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

  • Quran 17:85 · Al-Israaclose

    وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلرُّوحِ قُلِ ٱلرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّى وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

    And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about the soul. Say, "The soul is of the affair of my Lord. And mankind have not been given of knowledge except a little."

  • Quran 21:55 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ أَمْ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّٰعِبِينَ

    They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"

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-Mutaffifin 83:133 shared roots

    إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    س-ط-رأ-و-لق-و-ل

  • Al-Qalam 68:153 shared roots

    إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    س-ط-رأ-و-لق-و-ل

  • An-Naml 27:682 shared roots

    لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَٰذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    س-ط-رأ-و-ل

  • Al-Muminoon 23:832 shared roots

    لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    س-ط-رأ-و-ل

  • Al-Anfaal 8:313 shared roots

    وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالُوا۟ قَدْ سَمِعْنَا لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَٰذَآ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    س-ط-رأ-و-لق-و-ل

  • At-Tur 52:372 shared roots

    أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ

    س-ط-رر-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 16:24?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 16:24 include Quran 8:31 (Surah Al-Anfaal), Quran 40:73 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), Quran 51:31 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), and Quran 83:13 (Surah Al-Mutaffifin). For example, 8:31 reads: “And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples."” 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 16:24 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 16:24 (Surah An-Nahl, The Bee) reads: “And when it is said to them, "What has your Lord sent down?" They say, "Legends of the former peoples,"”

Which surah is verse 16:24 in?

Quran 16:24 is āyah 24 of Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), chapter 16 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 128 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 16:24?

Tartīl presents Quran 16:24 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.