Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 33·Makkī

33

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى فِى ﴿٣٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.

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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 · 8 roots in 8 of 11 words

Recitation · 13 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Ikhfāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 46 letters · āyah 33 of 112

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 55:4 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ

    [And] taught him eloquence.

  • Quran 91:5 · Ash-Shamsclose

    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

    And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

  • Quran 39:5 · Az-Zumarclose

    خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ يُكَوِّرُ ٱلَّيْلَ عَلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ ٱلنَّهَارَ عَلَى ٱلَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى أَلَا هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّٰرُ

    He created the heavens and earth in truth. He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a…

  • Quran 92:2 · Al-Lailclose

    وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ

    And [by] the day when it appears

  • Quran 57:6 · Al-Hadidclose

    يُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَهُوَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

    He causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night, and he is Knowing of that within the breasts.

  • Quran 3:190 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    إِنَّ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱخْتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ

    Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day are signs for those of understanding.

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.

  • Yaseen 36:405 shared roots

    لَا ٱلشَّمْسُ يَنۢبَغِى لَهَآ أَن تُدْرِكَ ٱلْقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيْلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَكُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ

    ف-ل-كق-م-رش-م-سل-ي-لس-ب-ح

  • Fussilat 41:375 shared roots

    وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلَّيْلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ وَٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ لَا تَسْجُدُوا۟ لِلشَّمْسِ وَلَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

    ق-م-رش-م-سل-ي-لن-ه-رخ-ل-ق

  • Ibrahim 14:334 shared roots

    وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ دَآئِبَيْنِ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ

    ق-م-رش-م-سل-ي-لن-ه-ر

  • Al-Qiyaama 75:92 shared roots

    وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

    ق-م-رش-م-س

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:52 shared roots

    ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ

    ق-م-رش-م-س

  • An-Nahl 16:124 shared roots

    وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ وَٱلنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَٰتٌۢ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

    ق-م-رش-م-سل-ي-لن-ه-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:33?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:33 include Quran 55:4 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan), Quran 91:5 (Surah Ash-Shams), Quran 39:5 (Surah Az-Zumar), and Quran 92:2 (Surah Al-Lail). For example, 55:4 reads: “[And] taught him eloquence.” 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 21:33 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:33 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.”

Which surah is verse 21:33 in?

Quran 21:33 is āyah 33 of Surah Al-Anbiyaa (The Prophets), chapter 21 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 112 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 21:33?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:33 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.