Surah As-Sajda · Ayah 21·Makkī

21

مِّنَ لَعَلَّهُمْ ﴿٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And we will surely let them taste the nearer punishment short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will repent.

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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 · 6 roots in 7 of 9 words

Recitation · 16 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Ghunnah2
  • Idghām shafawī2
  • Lām qamariyyah4
  • Qalqalah1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 49 letters · āyah 21 of 30

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 10:70 · Yunusvery close

    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

  • Quran 26:204 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

    So for Our punishment are they impatient?

  • Quran 41:27 · Fussilatvery close

    فَلَنُذِيقَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَسْوَأَ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    But We will surely cause those who disbelieve to taste a severe punishment, and We will surely recompense them for the worst of what they had been doing.

  • Quran 31:24 · Luqmanclose

    نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ نَضْطَرُّهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ

    We grant them enjoyment for a little; then We will force them to a massive punishment.

  • Quran 23:64 · Al-Muminoonclose

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَخَذْنَا مُتْرَفِيهِم بِٱلْعَذَابِ إِذَا هُمْ يَجْـَٔرُونَ

    Until when We seize their affluent ones with punishment, at once they are crying [to Allah] for help.

  • Quran 59:15 · Al-Hashrclose

    كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَرِيبًا ذَاقُوا۟ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    [Theirs is] like the example of those shortly before them: they tasted the bad consequence of their affair, and they will have a painful punishment.

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.

  • Yunus 10:704 shared roots

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

    ذ-و-قر-ج-عد-ن-وع-ذ-ب

  • Az-Zumar 39:264 shared roots

    فَأَذَاقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخِزْىَ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

    ذ-و-قد-ن-وك-ب-رع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Ghaashiya 88:242 shared roots

    فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

    ك-ب-رع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:572 shared roots

    كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

    ذ-و-قر-ج-ع

  • Al-Qamar 54:392 shared roots

    فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

    ذ-و-قع-ذ-ب

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:483 shared roots

    وَمَا نُرِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ إِلَّا هِىَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا وَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

    ر-ج-عك-ب-رع-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 32:21?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 32:21 include Quran 10:70 (Surah Yunus), Quran 26:204 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 41:27 (Surah Fussilat), and Quran 31:24 (Surah Luqman). For example, 10:70 reads: “[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” 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 32:21 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 32:21 (Surah As-Sajda, The Prostration) reads: “And we will surely let them taste the nearer punishment short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will repent.”

Which surah is verse 32:21 in?

Quran 32:21 is āyah 21 of Surah As-Sajda (The Prostration), chapter 32 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 30 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 32:21?

Tartīl presents Quran 32:21 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.