Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 88·Makkī

88

لَهُۥ مِنَ وَكَذَٰلِكَ ﴿٨٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.

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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 5 of 8 words

Recitation · 9 points across 4 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 39 letters · āyah 88 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 7:72 · Al-A'raafvery close

    فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَقَطَعْنَا دَابِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

    So We saved him and those with him by mercy from Us. And We eliminated those who denied Our signs, and they were not [at all] believers.

  • Quran 21:84 · Al-Anbiyaavery close

    فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِۦ مِن ضُرٍّ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْعَٰبِدِينَ

    So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the…

  • Quran 21:75 · Al-Anbiyaavery close

    وَأَدْخَلْنَٰهُ فِى رَحْمَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    And We admitted him into Our mercy. Indeed, he was of the righteous.

  • Quran 11:58 · Hudvery close

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا هُودًا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ

    And when Our command came, We saved Hud and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us; and We saved them from a harsh punishment.

  • Quran 37:133 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَإِنَّ لُوطًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    And indeed, Lot was among the messengers.

  • Quran 10:103 · Yunusclose

    ثُمَّ نُنَجِّى رُسُلَنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نُنجِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    Then We will save our messengers and those who have believed. Thus, it is an obligation upon Us that We save the believers

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-Ankaboot 29:243 shared roots

    فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوهُ أَوْ حَرِّقُوهُ فَأَنجَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ج-و-بن-ج-وأ-م-ن

  • Fussilat 41:182 shared roots

    وَنَجَّيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ

    ن-ج-وأ-م-ن

  • An-Naml 27:532 shared roots

    وَأَنجَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ

    ن-ج-وأ-م-ن

  • Yunus 10:1032 shared roots

    ثُمَّ نُنَجِّى رُسُلَنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نُنجِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    ن-ج-وأ-م-ن

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:762 shared roots

    وَنُوحًا إِذْ نَادَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    ج-و-بن-ج-و

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:762 shared roots

    وَنُوحًا إِذْ نَادَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    ج-و-بن-ج-و

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:88?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:88 include Quran 7:72 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 21:84 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 21:75 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 11:58 (Surah Hud). For example, 7:72 reads: “So We saved him and those with him by mercy from Us. And We eliminated those who denied Our signs, and they were not [at all] believers.” 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 21:88 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:88 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.”

Which surah is verse 21:88 in?

Quran 21:88 is āyah 88 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 21:88?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:88 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.