Surah Saba · Ayah 21·Makkī

21

وَمَا لَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مِّن إِلَّا مَن مِمَّنْ هُوَ مِنْهَا فِى عَلَىٰ ﴿٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And he had over them no authority except [it was decreed] that We might make evident who believes in the Hereafter from who is thereof in doubt. And your Lord, over all things, is Guardian.

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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 · 10 roots in 10 of 21 words

Recitation · 22 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Idghām shafawī1
  • Ghunnah2
  • Ikhfāʾ7
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

21 words · 70 letters · āyah 21 of 54

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.

  • إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ

    Their account is only upon my Lord, if you [could] perceive.

  • إِنَّهُۥ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ سُلْطَٰنٌ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ

    Indeed, there is for him no authority over those who have believed and rely upon their Lord.

  • كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ

    No! But you deny the Recompense.

  • وَحَآجَّهُۥ قَوْمُهُۥ قَالَ أَتُحَٰٓجُّوٓنِّى فِى ٱللَّهِ وَقَدْ هَدَىٰنِ وَلَآ أَخَافُ مَا تُشْرِكُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ رَبِّى شَيْـًٔا وَسِعَ رَبِّى كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا أَفَلَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ

    And his people argued with him. He said, "Do you argue with me concerning Allah while He has guided me? And I fear not what you associate with Him [and will not be harmed] unless…

  • وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

    And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

  • يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفْتُرُونَ

    They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.

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-Taariq 86:42 shared roots

    إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

    ح-ف-ظك-ل-ل

  • An-Naml 27:663 shared roots

    بَلِ ٱدَّٰرَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهَا بَلْ هُم مِّنْهَا عَمُونَ

    ش-ك-كأ-خ-رع-ل-م

  • Ibrahim 14:104 shared roots

    قَالَتْ رُسُلُهُمْ أَفِى ٱللَّهِ شَكٌّ فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يَدْعُوكُمْ لِيَغْفِرَ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرَكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى قَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا تُرِيدُونَ أَن تَصُدُّونَا عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا فَأْتُونَا بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ش-ك-كس-ل-طأ-خ-رك-و-ن

  • An-Nahl 16:993 shared roots

    إِنَّهُۥ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ سُلْطَٰنٌ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ

    س-ل-طأ-م-نر-ب-ب

  • At-Takwir 81:293 shared roots

    وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ش-ي-أع-ل-مر-ب-ب

  • Yunus 10:1043 shared roots

    قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّن دِينِى فَلَآ أَعْبُدُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَٰكِنْ أَعْبُدُ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمْ وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    ش-ك-كأ-م-نك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 34:21?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 34:21 include Quran 26:113 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 16:99 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 82:9 (Surah Al-Infitaar), and Quran 6:80 (Surah Al-An'aam). For example, 26:113 reads: “Their account is only upon my Lord, if you [could] perceive.” 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 34:21 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 34:21 (Surah Saba, Sheba) reads: “And he had over them no authority except [it was decreed] that We might make evident who believes in the Hereafter from who is thereof in doubt. And your Lord, over all things, is Guardian.”

Which surah is verse 34:21 in?

Quran 34:21 is āyah 21 of Surah Saba (Sheba), chapter 34 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 54 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 34:21?

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