Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 2·Makkī

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مَا مِّن مِّن إِلَّا وَهُمْ ﴿٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

No mention comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 11 words

Recitation · 17 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Idghām shafawī3
  • Ghunnah3
  • Ikhfāʾ4
  • Light rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 42 letters · āyah 2 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.

  • وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَمْ يَخِرُّوا۟ عَلَيْهَا صُمًّا وَعُمْيَانًا

    And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind.

  • يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلدَّاعِىَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُۥ وَخَشَعَتِ ٱلْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًا

    That Day, everyone will follow [the call of] the Caller [with] no deviation therefrom, and [all] voices will be stilled before the Most Merciful, so you will not hear except a…

  • جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا

    [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,

  • لَا يَسْمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَا وَهُمْ فِى مَا ٱشْتَهَتْ أَنفُسُهُمْ خَٰلِدُونَ

    They will not hear its sound, while they are, in that which their souls desire, abiding eternally.

  • كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ

    No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder

  • وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُم مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    And when it is said to them, "What has your Lord sent down?" They say, "Legends of the former peoples,"

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:2?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:2 include Quran 25:73 (Surah Al-Furqaan), Quran 20:108 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 78:36 (Surah An-Naba), and Quran 21:102 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa). For example, 25:73 reads: “And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind.” 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 21:2 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:2 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “No mention comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play”

Which surah is verse 21:2 in?

Quran 21:2 is āyah 2 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 21:2?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:2 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.