Surah Yusuf · Ayah 71·Makkī

71

عَلَيْهِم مَّاذَا ﴿٧١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They said while approaching them, "What is it you are missing?"

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 5 words

Rarest here: ف-ق-د — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 9 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Qalqalah1
  • Idghām shafawī1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 27 letters · āyah 71 of 111

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 12:62 · Yusufclose

    وَقَالَ لِفِتْيَٰنِهِ ٱجْعَلُوا۟ بِضَٰعَتَهُمْ فِى رِحَالِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَهَآ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

    And [Joseph] said to his servants, "Put their merchandise into their saddlebags so they might recognize it when they have gone back to their people that perhaps they will [again]…

  • Quran 12:19 · Yusufclose

    وَجَآءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَأَرْسَلُوا۟ وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَىٰ دَلْوَهُۥ قَالَ يَٰبُشْرَىٰ هَٰذَا غُلَٰمٌ وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَٰعَةً وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

    And there came a company of travelers; then they sent their water drawer, and he let down his bucket. He said, "Good news! Here is a boy." And they concealed him, [taking him] as…

  • Quran 12:65 · Yusufclose

    وَلَمَّا فَتَحُوا۟ مَتَٰعَهُمْ وَجَدُوا۟ بِضَٰعَتَهُمْ رُدَّتْ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مَا نَبْغِى هَٰذِهِۦ بِضَٰعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ إِلَيْنَا وَنَمِيرُ أَهْلَنَا وَنَحْفَظُ أَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَعِيرٍ ذَٰلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَسِيرٌ

    And when they opened their baggage, they found their merchandise returned to them. They said, "O our father, what [more] could we desire? This is our merchandise returned to us…

  • Quran 7:112 · Al-A'raafclose

    يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَٰحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ

    Who will bring you every learned magician."

  • Quran 12:16 · Yusufclose

    وَجَآءُوٓ أَبَاهُمْ عِشَآءً يَبْكُونَ

    And they came to their father at night, weeping.

  • Quran 51:32 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ

    They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals

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-Naml 27:202 shared roots

    وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِىَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَآئِبِينَ

    ف-ق-دق-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:722 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٌ

    ف-ق-دق-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:722 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٌ

    ف-ق-دق-و-ل

  • Az-Zumar 39:502 shared roots

    قَدْ قَالَهَا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

    ق-ب-لق-و-ل

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:522 shared roots

    كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ

    ق-ب-لق-و-ل

  • Maryam 19:92 shared roots

    قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْـًٔا

    ق-ب-لق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 12:71?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 12:71 include Quran 12:62 (Surah Yusuf), Quran 12:19 (Surah Yusuf), Quran 12:65 (Surah Yusuf), and Quran 7:112 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 12:62 reads: “And [Joseph] said to his servants, "Put their merchandise into their saddlebags so they might recognize it when they have gone back to their people that perhaps they will [again]…” 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 12:71 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 12:71 (Surah Yusuf, Joseph) reads: “They said while approaching them, "What is it you are missing?"”

Which surah is verse 12:71 in?

Quran 12:71 is āyah 71 of Surah Yusuf (Joseph), chapter 12 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 111 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 12:71?

Tartīl presents Quran 12:71 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.