Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 109·Makkī

109

فَإِن عَلَىٰ وَإِنْ أَم مَّا ﴿١٠٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally. And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised.

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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 · 8 roots in 8 of 13 words

Recitation · 20 points across 6 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ6
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Light rāʾ2
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

13 words · 51 letters · āyah 109 of 112

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.

  • عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا

    As justification or warning,

  • وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    And they say, "When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?"

  • وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْفَتْحُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    And they say, "When will be this conquest, if you should be truthful?"

  • قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَمَدًا

    Say, "I do not know if what you are promised is near or if my Lord will grant for it a [long] period."

  • فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةً سِيٓـَٔتْ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ

    But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."

  • أَوْ نُرِيَنَّكَ ٱلَّذِى وَعَدْنَٰهُمْ فَإِنَّا عَلَيْهِم مُّقْتَدِرُونَ

    Or whether [or not] We show you that which We have promised them, indeed, We are Perfect in Ability.

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-Jinn 72:254 shared roots

    قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَمَدًا

    د-ر-يق-ر-بو-ع-دق-و-ل

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:633 shared roots

    يَسْـَٔلُكَ ٱلنَّاسُ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيبًا

    د-ر-يق-ر-بق-و-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:422 shared roots

    قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

    ق-ر-بق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1142 shared roots

    قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

    ق-ر-بق-و-ل

  • Ash-Shura 42:172 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَرِيبٌ

    د-ر-يق-ر-ب

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:323 shared roots

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا قُلْتُم مَّا نَدْرِى مَا ٱلسَّاعَةُ إِن نَّظُنُّ إِلَّا ظَنًّا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَ

    د-ر-يو-ع-دق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:109?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:109 include Quran 77:6 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), Quran 10:48 (Surah Yunus), Quran 32:28 (Surah As-Sajda), and Quran 72:25 (Surah Al-Jinn). For example, 77:6 reads: “As justification or warning,” 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 21:109 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:109 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally. And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised.”

Which surah is verse 21:109 in?

Quran 21:109 is āyah 109 of Surah Al-Anbiyaa (The Prophets), chapter 21 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 112 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 21:109?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:109 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.