Surah Yaseen · Ayah 29·Makkī

29

إِن إِلَّا فَإِذَا هُمْ ﴿٢٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished.

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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 4 of 8 words

Rarest here: خ-م-د — 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 10 points across 3 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 28 letters · āyah 29 of 83

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 21:15 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    فَمَا زَالَت تِّلْكَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلْنَٰهُمْ حَصِيدًا خَٰمِدِينَ

    And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].

  • Quran 37:19 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

    It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing.

  • Quran 54:31 · Al-Qamarclose

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ

    Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.

  • Quran 23:41 · Al-Muminoonrelated

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ غُثَآءً فَبُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    So the shriek seized them in truth, and We made them as [plant] stubble. Then away with the wrongdoing people.

  • Quran 51:44 · Adh-Dhaariyatrelated

    فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

    But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.

  • Quran 30:49 · Ar-Roomrelated

    وَإِن كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِم مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمُبْلِسِينَ

    Although they were, before it was sent down upon them - before that, in despair.

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 36:533 shared roots

    إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ

    ص-ي-حو-ح-دك-و-ن

  • Yaseen 36:533 shared roots

    إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ

    ص-ي-حو-ح-دك-و-ن

  • Saad 38:152 shared roots

    وَمَا يَنظُرُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٍ

    ص-ي-حو-ح-د

  • Yaseen 36:492 shared roots

    مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ

    ص-ي-حو-ح-د

  • Yaseen 36:492 shared roots

    مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ

    ص-ي-حو-ح-د

  • Al-Qamar 54:313 shared roots

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ

    ص-ي-حو-ح-دك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 36:29?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 36:29 include Quran 21:15 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 37:19 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 54:31 (Surah Al-Qamar), and Quran 23:41 (Surah Al-Muminoon). For example, 21:15 reads: “And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].” 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 36:29 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 36:29 (Surah Yaseen, Yaseen) reads: “It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished.”

Which surah is verse 36:29 in?

Quran 36:29 is āyah 29 of Surah Yaseen (Yaseen), chapter 36 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 83 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 36:29?

Tartīl presents Quran 36:29 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.