Surah Taa-Haa · Ayah 21·Makkī

21

وَلَا ﴿٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[Allah] said, "Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition.

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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 6 of 7 words

Recitation · 11 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 32 letters · āyah 21 of 135

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 79:10 · An-Naazi'aatclose

    يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

    They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

  • Quran 71:18 · Noohrelated

    ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا

    Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.

  • Quran 11:33 · Hudrelated

    قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَأْتِيكُم بِهِ ٱللَّهُ إِن شَآءَ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

    He said, "Allah will only bring it to you if He wills, and you will not cause [Him] failure.

  • Quran 26:50 · Ash-Shu'araarelated

    قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

    They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return.

  • Quran 87:9 · Al-A'laarelated

    فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

    So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

  • Quran 27:37 · An-Namlrelated

    ٱرْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمْ فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّهُم بِجُنُودٍ لَّا قِبَلَ لَهُم بِهَا وَلَنُخْرِجَنَّهُم مِّنْهَآ أَذِلَّةً وَهُمْ صَٰغِرُونَ

    Return to them, for we will surely come to them with soldiers that they will be powerless to encounter, and we will surely expel them therefrom in humiliation, and they will be…

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 20:21?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 20:21 include Quran 79:10 (Surah An-Naazi'aat), Quran 71:18 (Surah Nooh), Quran 11:33 (Surah Hud), and Quran 26:50 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 79:10 reads: “They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?” 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 20:21 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 20:21 (Surah Taa-Haa, Taa-Haa) reads: “[Allah] said, "Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition.”

Which surah is verse 20:21 in?

Quran 20:21 is āyah 21 of Surah Taa-Haa (Taa-Haa), chapter 20 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 135 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 20:21?

Tartīl presents Quran 20:21 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.