Surah An-Noor · Ayah 24·Madanī

24

عَلَيْهِمْ بِمَا ﴿٢٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

On a Day when their tongues, their hands and their feet will bear witness against them as to what they used to do.

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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 7 of 9 words

Recitation · 9 points across 2 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 47 letters · āyah 24 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.

  • ٱلْيَوْمَ نَخْتِمُ عَلَىٰٓ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَتُكَلِّمُنَآ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَتَشْهَدُ أَرْجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

    That Day, We will seal over their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify about what they used to earn.

  • حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا مَا جَآءُوهَا شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَأَبْصَٰرُهُمْ وَجُلُودُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    Until, when they reach it, their hearing and their eyes and their skins will testify against them of what they used to do.

  • يَوْمَ يَغْشَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, "Taste [the result of] what you used to do."

  • يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

    The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able,

  • يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ

    The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.

  • خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ

    Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.

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.

  • Yaseen 36:655 shared roots

    ٱلْيَوْمَ نَخْتِمُ عَلَىٰٓ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَتُكَلِّمُنَآ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَتَشْهَدُ أَرْجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

    ر-ج-لي-د-يش-ه-دي-و-مك-و-ن

  • Al-Mumtahana 60:23 shared roots

    إِن يَثْقَفُوكُمْ يَكُونُوا۟ لَكُمْ أَعْدَآءً وَيَبْسُطُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَلْسِنَتَهُم بِٱلسُّوٓءِ وَوَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ

    ل-س-ني-د-يك-و-ن

  • Al-Hijr 15:932 shared roots

    عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    ع-م-لك-و-ن

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:554 shared roots

    يَوْمَ يَغْشَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    ر-ج-لع-م-لي-و-مك-و-ن

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1242 shared roots

    لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍ ثُمَّ لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    ر-ج-لي-د-ي

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:982 shared roots

    قُلْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ شَهِيدٌ عَلَىٰ مَا تَعْمَلُونَ

    ش-ه-دع-م-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 24:24?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 24:24 include Quran 36:65 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 41:20 (Surah Fussilat), Quran 29:55 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), and Quran 68:42 (Surah Al-Qalam). For example, 36:65 reads: “That Day, We will seal over their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify about what they used to earn.” 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 24:24 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 24:24 (Surah An-Noor, The Light) reads: “On a Day when their tongues, their hands and their feet will bear witness against them as to what they used to do.”

Which surah is verse 24:24 in?

Quran 24:24 is āyah 24 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 24:24?

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