Surah Al-Ma'aarij · Ayah 21·Makkī

21

وَإِذَا ﴿٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 4 words

Recitation · 5 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 17 letters · āyah 21 of 44

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 17:11 · Al-Israavery close

    وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَجُولًا

    And man supplicates for evil as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.

  • Quran 41:51 · Fussilatvery close

    وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ فَذُو دُعَآءٍ عَرِيضٍ

    And when We bestow favor upon man, he turns away and distances himself; but when evil touches him, then he is full of extensive supplication.

  • Quran 29:21 · Al-Ankabootclose

    يُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْحَمُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُقْلَبُونَ

    He punishes whom He wills and has mercy upon whom He wills, and to Him you will be returned.

  • Quran 107:5 · Al-Maa'unclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ

    [But] who are heedless of their prayer -

  • Quran 96:10 · Al-Alaqclose

    عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ

    A servant when he prays?

  • Quran 27:46 · An-Namlclose

    قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لِمَ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ لَوْلَا تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

    He said, "O my people, why are you impatient for evil instead of good? Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allah that you may receive mercy?"

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-Qalam 68:122 shared roots

    مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

    م-ن-عخ-ي-ر

  • Qaaf 50:252 shared roots

    مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ

    م-ن-عخ-ي-ر

  • Al-A'raaf 7:122 shared roots

    قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ

    م-ن-عخ-ي-ر

  • Al-An'aam 6:172 shared roots

    وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ ٱللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ فَلَا كَاشِفَ لَهُۥٓ إِلَّا هُوَ وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ بِخَيْرٍ فَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    م-س-سخ-ي-ر

  • Yunus 10:1072 shared roots

    وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ ٱللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ فَلَا كَاشِفَ لَهُۥٓ إِلَّا هُوَ وَإِن يُرِدْكَ بِخَيْرٍ فَلَا رَآدَّ لِفَضْلِهِۦ يُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    م-س-سخ-ي-ر

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1882 shared roots

    قُل لَّآ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِى نَفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَوْ كُنتُ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ لَٱسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِىَ ٱلسُّوٓءُ إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ وَبَشِيرٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    م-س-سخ-ي-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 70:21?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 70:21 include Quran 17:11 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 41:51 (Surah Fussilat), Quran 29:21 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), and Quran 107:5 (Surah Al-Maa'un). For example, 17:11 reads: “And man supplicates for evil as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.” 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 70:21 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 70:21 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij, The Ascending Stairways) reads: “And when good touches him, withholding [of it],”

Which surah is verse 70:21 in?

Quran 70:21 is āyah 21 of Surah Al-Ma'aarij (The Ascending Stairways), chapter 70 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 44 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 70:21?

Tartīl presents Quran 70:21 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.