Surah Al-Mursalaat · Ayah 21·Makkī

21

فِى ﴿٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We placed it in a firm lodging

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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 · 8 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 16 letters · āyah 21 of 50

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 23:115 · Al-Muminoonclose

    أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ

    Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"

  • Quran 77:26 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    أَحْيَآءً وَأَمْوَٰتًا

    Of the living and the dead?

  • Quran 20:55 · Taa-Haaclose

    مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ

    From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.

  • Quran 78:9 · An-Nabaclose

    وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

    And made your sleep [a means for] rest

  • Quran 56:68 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ

    And have you seen the water that you drink?

  • Quran 56:59 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ

    Is it you who creates it, or are We the Creator?

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-Muminoon 23:133 shared roots

    ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَٰهُ نُطْفَةً فِى قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ

    م-ك-نق-ر-رج-ع-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:102 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ

    م-ك-نج-ع-ل

  • Al-Kahf 18:952 shared roots

    قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّى فِيهِ رَبِّى خَيْرٌ فَأَعِينُونِى بِقُوَّةٍ أَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْمًا

    م-ك-نج-ع-ل

  • Al-Muminoon 23:502 shared roots

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَأُمَّهُۥٓ ءَايَةً وَءَاوَيْنَٰهُمَآ إِلَىٰ رَبْوَةٍ ذَاتِ قَرَارٍ وَمَعِينٍ

    ق-ر-رج-ع-ل

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:262 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّٰهُمْ فِيمَآ إِن مَّكَّنَّٰكُمْ فِيهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعًا وَأَبْصَٰرًا وَأَفْـِٔدَةً فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلَآ أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ وَلَآ أَفْـِٔدَتُهُم مِّن شَىْءٍ إِذْ كَانُوا۟ يَجْحَدُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    م-ك-نج-ع-ل

  • Al-Furqaan 25:742 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَٰجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَٱجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا

    ق-ر-رج-ع-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 77:21?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 77:21 include Quran 23:115 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 77:26 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), Quran 20:55 (Surah Taa-Haa), and Quran 78:9 (Surah An-Naba). For example, 23:115 reads: “Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not 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 77:21 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 77:21 (Surah Al-Mursalaat, The Emissaries) reads: “And We placed it in a firm lodging”

Which surah is verse 77:21 in?

Quran 77:21 is āyah 21 of Surah Al-Mursalaat (The Emissaries), chapter 77 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 50 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 77:21?

Tartīl presents Quran 77:21 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.