Meccan·Surah 44

الدخان

Surah Ad-Dukhan — Ayah 24

The Smoke

59 Ayahs·Verse 44:24
44:24

وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ

And leave the sea in stillness. Indeed, they are an army to be drowned."

Context in Surah Ad-Dukhan

Nearby ayahs help place verse 44:24 in sequence and meaning.

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ

And [finally] he called to his Lord that these were a criminal people.

فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

[Allah said], "Then set out with My servants by night. Indeed, you are to be pursued.

كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

How much they left behind of gardens and springs

وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

And crops and noble sites