Surah An-Noor · Ayah 20·Madanī

20

وَلَوْلَا عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنَّ ﴿٢٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy... and because Allah is Kind and Merciful.

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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 · 4 roots in 6 of 9 words

Recitation · 13 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Ghunnah1
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)1
  • Heavy Allāh2

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 38 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 20 of 64

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 24:10 · An-Noorvery close

    وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ حَكِيمٌ

    And if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy... and because Allah is Accepting of repentance and Wise.

  • Quran 24:14 · An-Noorvery close

    وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِى مَآ أَفَضْتُمْ فِيهِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

    And if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy in this world and the Hereafter, you would have been touched for that [lie] in which you were involved by a…

  • Quran 16:18 · An-Nahlvery close

    وَإِن تَعُدُّوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    And if you should count the favors of Allah, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

  • Quran 44:42 · Ad-Dukhaanvery close

    إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    Except those [believers] on whom Allah has mercy. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

  • Quran 5:34 · Al-Maaidavery close

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَقْدِرُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    Except for those who return [repenting] before you apprehend them. And know that Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

  • Quran 12:92 · Yusufvery close

    قَالَ لَا تَثْرِيبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ يَغْفِرُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

    He said, "No blame will there be upon you today. Allah will forgive you; and He is the most merciful of the merciful."

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.

  • An-Nahl 16:472 shared roots

    أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٍ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    ر-أ-فر-ح-م

  • Al-Hadid 57:93 shared roots

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُنَزِّلُ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦٓ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍ لِّيُخْرِجَكُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    ر-أ-فر-ح-مأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Israa 17:872 shared roots

    إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّ فَضْلَهُۥ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ كَبِيرًا

    ف-ض-لر-ح-م

  • An-Noor 24:103 shared roots

    وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ حَكِيمٌ

    ف-ض-لر-ح-مأ-ل-ه

  • An-Noor 24:103 shared roots

    وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ حَكِيمٌ

    ف-ض-لر-ح-مأ-ل-ه

  • At-Tawba 9:1282 shared roots

    لَقَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُم بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    ر-أ-فر-ح-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 24:20?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 24:20 include Quran 24:10 (Surah An-Noor), Quran 24:14 (Surah An-Noor), Quran 16:18 (Surah An-Nahl), and Quran 44:42 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan). For example, 24:10 reads: “And if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy... and because Allah is Accepting of repentance and Wise.” 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 24:20 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 24:20 (Surah An-Noor, The Light) reads: “And if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy... and because Allah is Kind and Merciful.”

Which surah is verse 24:20 in?

Quran 24:20 is āyah 20 of Surah An-Noor (The Light), chapter 24 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 64 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 24:20?

Tartīl presents Quran 24:20 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.