Surah Ibrahim · Ayah 21·Makkī

21

لِلَّذِينَ إِنَّا لَكُمْ فَهَلْ أَنتُم عَنَّا مِنْ مِن لَوْ عَلَيْنَآ أَمْ مَا لَنَا مِن ﴿٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they will come out [for judgement] before Allah all together, and the weak will say to those who were arrogant, "Indeed, we were your followers, so can you avail us anything against the punishment of Allah?" They will say, "If Allah had guided us, we would have guided you. It is all the same for us whether we show intolerance or are patient: there is for us no place of escape."

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

اگر خدا ما را هدایت کرده بود» ما نیز شما را هدایت می‌کردیم

ظاهراً منظور از هدایتء راهنمایی برای خلاص شدن از عذاب جهنم است؛ یعنی رهبران گمراه مستکبر» در حالی که در عذاب می‌سوزندء به پیروان نادان مستضعف می‌گویند: اگر خدا ما را به بیرون شدن از جهنم راهنمایی کرده بود. ما نیز شما را به آنجا هدایت می‌کردیم. شاید هم منظور آنها هدایت به دین حق در دنیا باشد؛ یعنی اگر خداوند در دنیا به ما توفیق داده و ما را هدایت کرده بودء ما نیز شما را هدایت می‌کردیم؛ ولی ما به خاطر تکبرمان و شما به خاطر حماقتتان هر دو گمراه و جهنمی شدیم. البته این دو تفسیر در واقع یکی است؛ چرا که آنچه در قیامت ظاهر می‌شود» چیزی جز اعمال و اعتقادات انسان در دنیا نیست که حقیقت آن پوشیده است و در آنجا آشکار می‌گردد.

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 · 16 roots in 20 of 34 words

Rarest here: ج-ز-ع 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 48 points across 7 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī20
  • Lām shamsiyyah5
  • Ikhfāʾ8
  • Ghunnah5
  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Heavy Allāh4

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

34 words · 137 letters · 3 proper nouns · āyah 21 of 52

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.

  • وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ بَلْ مَكْرُ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذْ تَأْمُرُونَنَآ أَن نَّكْفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهُۥٓ أَندَادًا وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلْأَغْلَٰلَ فِىٓ أَعْنَاقِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "Rather, [it was your] conspiracy of night and day when you were ordering us to disbelieve in Allah and attribute to…

  • ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَرَبَّصُونَ بِكُمْ فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ فَتْحٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ قَالُوٓا۟ أَلَمْ نَكُن مَّعَكُمْ وَإِن كَانَ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ نَصِيبٌ قَالُوٓا۟ أَلَمْ نَسْتَحْوِذْ عَلَيْكُمْ وَنَمْنَعْكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَٱللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَلَن يَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَبِيلًا

    Those who wait [and watch] you. Then if you gain a victory from Allah, they say, "Were we not with you?" But if the disbelievers have a success, they say [to them], "Did we not…

  • وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِۦ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًا وَبُكْمًا وَصُمًّا مَّأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَٰهُمْ سَعِيرًا

    And whoever Allah guides - he is the [rightly] guided; and whoever He sends astray - you will never find for them protectors besides Him, and We will gather them on the Day of…

  • قَدْ يَعْلَمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُعَوِّقِينَ مِنكُمْ وَٱلْقَآئِلِينَ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ هَلُمَّ إِلَيْنَا وَلَا يَأْتُونَ ٱلْبَأْسَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

    Already Allah knows the hinderers among you and those [hypocrites] who say to their brothers, "Come to us," and do not go to battle, except for a few,

  • قُلْ أَنَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُنَا وَلَا يَضُرُّنَا وَنُرَدُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَابِنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ كَٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَهْوَتْهُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ حَيْرَانَ لَهُۥٓ أَصْحَٰبٌ يَدْعُونَهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَى ٱئْتِنَا قُلْ إِنَّ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ هُوَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَأُمِرْنَا لِنُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    Say, "Shall we invoke instead of Allah that which neither benefits us nor harms us and be turned back on our heels after Allah has guided us? [We would then be] like one whom the…

  • مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

    Other than Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?"

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-Ghaafir 40:475 shared roots

    وَإِذْ يَتَحَآجُّونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ فَيَقُولُ ٱلضُّعَفَٰٓؤُا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعًا فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّغْنُونَ عَنَّا نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ

    ض-ع-فغ-ن-يك-ب-رت-ب-عك-و-ن

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:683 shared roots

    رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِهِمْ ضِعْفَيْنِ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَٱلْعَنْهُمْ لَعْنًا كَبِيرًا

    ض-ع-فك-ب-رع-ذ-ب

  • Fussilat 41:482 shared roots

    وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَدْعُونَ مِن قَبْلُ وَظَنُّوا۟ مَا لَهُم مِّن مَّحِيصٍ

    ح-ي-صك-و-ن

  • Al-Ghaashiya 88:243 shared roots

    فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

    ك-ب-رع-ذ-بأ-ل-ه

  • Saba 34:325 shared roots

    قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوٓا۟ أَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنَٰكُمْ عَنِ ٱلْهُدَىٰ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَكُم بَلْ كُنتُم مُّجْرِمِينَ

    ض-ع-فك-ب-ره-د-يك-و-نق-و-ل

  • An-Najm 53:283 shared roots

    وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا

    غ-ن-يت-ب-عش-ي-أ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 14:21?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 14:21 include Quran 34:33 (Surah Saba), Quran 4:141 (Surah An-Nisaa), Quran 17:97 (Surah Al-Israa), and Quran 33:18 (Surah Al-Ahzaab). For example, 34:33 reads: “Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "Rather, [it was your] conspiracy of night and day when you were ordering us to disbelieve in Allah and attribute to…” 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 14:21 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 14:21 (Surah Ibrahim, Abraham) reads: “And they will come out [for judgement] before Allah all together, and the weak will say to those who were arrogant, "Indeed, we were your followers, so can you avail us anything against the punishment of Allah?" They will say, "If Allah had guided us, we…”

Which surah is verse 14:21 in?

Quran 14:21 is āyah 21 of Surah Ibrahim (Abraham), chapter 14 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 52 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 14:21?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 14:21 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 14:21?

Tartīl presents Quran 14:21 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.