Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 54·Makkī

54

لَقَدْ أَنتُمْ فِى ﴿٥٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 8 words

Recitation · 13 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 31 letters · āyah 54 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.

  • Quran 7:60 · Al-A'raafvery close

    قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    Said the eminent among his people, "Indeed, we see you in clear error."

  • Quran 43:24 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    قَٰلَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُم بِأَهْدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

    [Each warner] said, "Even if I brought you better guidance than that [religion] upon which you found your fathers?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are…

  • Quran 36:62 · Yaseenclose

    وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمْ جِبِلًّا كَثِيرًا أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْقِلُونَ

    And he had already led astray from among you much of creation, so did you not use reason?

  • Quran 26:98 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    When we equated you with the Lord of the worlds.

  • Quran 12:8 · Yusufclose

    إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    When they said, "Joseph and his brother are more beloved to our father than we, while we are a clan. Indeed, our father is in clear error.

  • Quran 37:154 · As-Saaffaatclose

    مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

    What is [wrong] with you? How do you make judgement?

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:863 shared roots

    وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

    أ-ب-وض-ل-لك-و-ن

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:973 shared roots

    تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ض-ل-لب-ي-نك-و-ن

  • Yaseen 36:242 shared roots

    إِنِّىٓ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ض-ل-لب-ي-ن

  • Al-An'aam 6:744 shared roots

    وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ ءَازَرَ أَتَتَّخِذُ أَصْنَامًا ءَالِهَةً إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكَ وَقَوْمَكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    أ-ب-وض-ل-لب-ي-نق-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:84 shared roots

    إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    أ-ب-وض-ل-لب-ي-نق-و-ل

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:504 shared roots

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ تَكُ تَأْتِيكُمْ رُسُلُكُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ قَالُوا۟ فَٱدْعُوا۟ وَمَا دُعَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍ

    ض-ل-لب-ي-نك-و-نق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:54?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:54 include Quran 7:60 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 43:24 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 36:62 (Surah Yaseen), and Quran 26:98 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 7:60 reads: “Said the eminent among his people, "Indeed, we see you in clear error."” 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 21:54 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:54 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."”

Which surah is verse 21:54 in?

Quran 21:54 is āyah 54 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 21:54?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:54 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.