Surah Al-Ankaboot · Ayah 57·Makkī

57

ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا ﴿٥٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Every soul will taste death. Then to Us will you be returned.

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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 7 words

Recitation · 5 points across 4 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 28 letters · āyah 57 of 69

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 21:35 · Al-Anbiyaavery close

    كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

    Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.

  • Quran 3:185 · Aal-i-Imraanvery close

    كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ فَمَن زُحْزِحَ عَنِ ٱلنَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ

    Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has…

  • Quran 75:25 · Al-Qiyaamaclose

    تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ

    Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

  • Quran 10:56 · Yunusclose

    هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    He gives life and causes death, and to Him you will be returned

  • Quran 50:43 · Qaafclose

    إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination

  • Quran 10:70 · Yunusclose

    مَتَٰعٌ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ ثُمَّ نُذِيقُهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلشَّدِيدَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ

    [For them is brief] enjoyment in this world; then to Us is their return; then We will make them taste the severe punishment because they used to disbelieve

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-Anbiyaa 21:355 shared roots

    كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

    ذ-و-قر-ج-عم-و-تن-ف-سك-ل-ل

  • Yunus 10:562 shared roots

    هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    ر-ج-عم-و-ت

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:642 shared roots

    فَرَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    ر-ج-عن-ف-س

  • As-Sajda 32:212 shared roots

    وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ دُونَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

    ذ-و-قر-ج-ع

  • Al-Muminoon 23:992 shared roots

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرْجِعُونِ

    ر-ج-عم-و-ت

  • Yunus 10:702 shared roots

    مَتَٰعٌ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ ثُمَّ نُذِيقُهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلشَّدِيدَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ

    ذ-و-قر-ج-ع

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 29:57?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 29:57 include Quran 21:35 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 3:185 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 75:25 (Surah Al-Qiyaama), and Quran 10:56 (Surah Yunus). For example, 21:35 reads: “Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.” 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 29:57 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 29:57 (Surah Al-Ankaboot, The Spider) reads: “Every soul will taste death. Then to Us will you be returned.”

Which surah is verse 29:57 in?

Quran 29:57 is āyah 57 of Surah Al-Ankaboot (The Spider), chapter 29 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 69 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 29:57?

Tartīl presents Quran 29:57 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.