Surah Qaaf · Ayah 21·Makkī

21

مَّعَهَا ﴿٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 6 words

Recitation · 5 points across 3 rule families

  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 23 letters · āyah 21 of 45

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 16:111 · An-Nahlclose

    يَوْمَ تَأْتِى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَٰدِلُ عَن نَّفْسِهَا وَتُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

    On the Day when every soul will come disputing for itself, and every soul will be fully compensated for what it did, and they will not be wronged.

  • Quran 10:30 · Yunusclose

    هُنَالِكَ تَبْلُوا۟ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّآ أَسْلَفَتْ وَرُدُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَوْلَىٰهُمُ ٱلْحَقِّ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

    There, [on that Day], every soul will be put to trial for what it did previously, and they will be returned to Allah, their master, the Truth, and lost from them is whatever they…

  • Quran 2:46 · Al-Baqaraclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَٰقُوا۟ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ

    Who are certain that they will meet their Lord and that they will return to Him.

  • Quran 75:29 · Al-Qiyaamaclose

    وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

    And the leg is wound about the leg,

  • Quran 4:41 · An-Nisaaclose

    فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍۭ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ شَهِيدًا

    So how [will it be] when We bring from every nation a witness and we bring you, [O Muhammad] against these [people] as a witness?

  • Quran 48:8 · Al-Fathclose

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ شَٰهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا

    Indeed, We have sent you as a witness and a bringer of good tidings and a warner

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.

  • An-Nisaa 4:413 shared roots

    فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍۭ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ شَهِيدًا

    ش-ه-دج-ي-أك-ل-ل

  • An-Nahl 16:894 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا عَلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ تِبْيَٰنًا لِّكُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ

    ش-ه-دج-ي-أن-ف-سك-ل-ل

  • Al-Burooj 85:92 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

    ش-ه-دك-ل-ل

  • Al-Munaafiqoon 63:12 shared roots

    إِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَ قَالُوا۟ نَشْهَدُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُهُۥ وَٱللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ لَكَٰذِبُونَ

    ش-ه-دج-ي-أ

  • As-Sajda 32:272 shared roots

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا نَسُوقُ ٱلْمَآءَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْجُرُزِ فَنُخْرِجُ بِهِۦ زَرْعًا تَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ أَنْعَٰمُهُمْ وَأَنفُسُهُمْ أَفَلَا يُبْصِرُونَ

    س-و-قن-ف-س

  • Saba 34:472 shared roots

    قُلْ مَا سَأَلْتُكُم مِّنْ أَجْرٍ فَهُوَ لَكُمْ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

    ش-ه-دك-ل-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 50:21?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 50:21 include Quran 16:111 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 10:30 (Surah Yunus), Quran 2:46 (Surah Al-Baqara), and Quran 75:29 (Surah Al-Qiyaama). For example, 16:111 reads: “On the Day when every soul will come disputing for itself, and every soul will be fully compensated for what it did, and they will not be wronged.” 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 50:21 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 50:21 (Surah Qaaf, The letter Qaaf) reads: “And every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness.”

Which surah is verse 50:21 in?

Quran 50:21 is āyah 21 of Surah Qaaf (The letter Qaaf), chapter 50 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 45 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 50:21?

Tartīl presents Quran 50:21 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.