Surah Al-Waaqia · Ayah 21·Makkī

21

مِّمَّا ﴿٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.

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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 · 6 points across 4 rule families

  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2

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 96

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 52:22 · At-Turclose

    وَأَمْدَدْنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

    And We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire.

  • Quran 36:57 · Yaseenclose

    لَهُمْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌ وَلَهُم مَّا يَدَّعُونَ

    For them therein is fruit, and for them is whatever they request [or wish]

  • Quran 44:55 · Ad-Dukhaanrelated

    يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ

    They will call therein for every [kind of] fruit - safe and secure.

  • Quran 16:6 · An-Nahlrelated

    وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا جَمَالٌ حِينَ تُرِيحُونَ وَحِينَ تَسْرَحُونَ

    And for you in them is [the enjoyment of] beauty when you bring them in [for the evening] and when you send them out [to pasture].

  • Quran 56:33 · Al-Waaqiarelated

    لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍ

    Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden,

  • Quran 37:49 · As-Saaffaatrelated

    كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ

    As if they were [delicate] eggs, well-protected.

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.

  • At-Tur 52:222 shared roots

    وَأَمْدَدْنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

    ل-ح-مش-ه-و

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 56:21?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 56:21 include Quran 52:22 (Surah At-Tur), Quran 36:57 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 44:55 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), and Quran 16:6 (Surah An-Nahl). For example, 52:22 reads: “And We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire.” 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 56:21 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 56:21 (Surah Al-Waaqia, The Inevitable) reads: “And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.”

Which surah is verse 56:21 in?

Quran 56:21 is āyah 21 of Surah Al-Waaqia (The Inevitable), chapter 56 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 96 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 56:21?

Tartīl presents Quran 56:21 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.