Surah An-Najm · Ayah 21·Makkī

21

أَلَكُمُ وَلَهُ ﴿٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

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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 · 2 roots in 2 of 4 words

Recitation · 5 points across 4 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 18 letters · āyah 21 of 62

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 37:154 · As-Saaffaatrelated

    مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

    What is [wrong] with you? How do you make judgement?

  • Quran 7:81 · Al-A'raafrelated

    إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ

    Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people."

  • Quran 24:2 · An-Noorrelated

    ٱلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِى فَٱجْلِدُوا۟ كُلَّ وَٰحِدٍ مِّنْهُمَا مِا۟ئَةَ جَلْدَةٍ وَلَا تَأْخُذْكُم بِهِمَا رَأْفَةٌ فِى دِينِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَلْيَشْهَدْ عَذَابَهُمَا طَآئِفَةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    The [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse - lash each one of them with a hundred lashes, and do not be taken by pity for them in the religion of…

  • Quran 92:4 · Al-Lailrelated

    إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ

    Indeed, your efforts are diverse.

  • Quran 12:39 · Yusufrelated

    يَٰصَٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ ءَأَرْبَابٌ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيْرٌ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ

    O [my] two companions of prison, are separate lords better or Allah, the One, the Prevailing?

  • Quran 6:143 · Al-An'aamrelated

    ثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَزْوَٰجٍ مِّنَ ٱلضَّأْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ ٱلْمَعْزِ ٱثْنَيْنِ قُلْ ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ أَمَّا ٱشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ نَبِّـُٔونِى بِعِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    [They are] eight mates - of the sheep, two and of the goats, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain?…

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-Lail 92:32 shared roots

    وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

    أ-ن-ثذ-ك-ر

  • Al-Qiyaama 75:392 shared roots

    فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

    أ-ن-ثذ-ك-ر

  • An-Najm 53:452 shared roots

    وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ

    أ-ن-ثذ-ك-ر

  • An-Najm 53:452 shared roots

    وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ

    أ-ن-ثذ-ك-ر

  • Ash-Shura 42:492 shared roots

    لِّلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ يَهَبُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ إِنَٰثًا وَيَهَبُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ ٱلذُّكُورَ

    أ-ن-ثذ-ك-ر

  • Ash-Shura 42:502 shared roots

    أَوْ يُزَوِّجُهُمْ ذُكْرَانًا وَإِنَٰثًا وَيَجْعَلُ مَن يَشَآءُ عَقِيمًا إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌ قَدِيرٌ

    أ-ن-ثذ-ك-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 53:21?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 53:21 include Quran 37:154 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 7:81 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 24:2 (Surah An-Noor), and Quran 92:4 (Surah Al-Lail). For example, 37:154 reads: “What is [wrong] with you? How do you make judgement?” 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 53:21 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 53:21 (Surah An-Najm, The Star) reads: “Is the male for you and for Him the female?”

Which surah is verse 53:21 in?

Quran 53:21 is āyah 21 of Surah An-Najm (The Star), chapter 53 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 62 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 53:21?

Tartīl presents Quran 53:21 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.