Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 34·Makkī

34

وَمَا مِّن أَفَإِي۟ن فَهُمُ ﴿٣٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?

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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 6 of 10 words

Recitation · 13 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Ghunnah2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām qamariyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 40 letters · āyah 34 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 37:58 · As-Saaffaatclose

    أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ

    Then, are we not to die

  • Quran 36:68 · Yaseenclose

    وَمَن نُّعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ

    And he to whom We grant long life We reverse in creation; so will they not understand?

  • Quran 20:72 · Taa-Haaclose

    قَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْثِرَكَ عَلَىٰ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنَا فَٱقْضِ مَآ أَنتَ قَاضٍ إِنَّمَا تَقْضِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَآ

    They said, "Never will we prefer you over what has come to us of clear proofs and [over] He who created us. So decree whatever you are to decree. You can only decree for this…

  • Quran 23:81 · Al-Muminoonclose

    بَلْ قَالُوا۟ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

    Rather, they say like what the former peoples said.

  • Quran 23:37 · Al-Muminoonclose

    إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

    Life is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.

  • Quran 77:25 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا

    Have We not made the earth a container

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.

  • Maryam 19:73 shared roots

    يَٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا

    ب-ش-رق-ب-لج-ع-ل

  • An-Nisaa 4:1592 shared roots

    وَإِن مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِلَّا لَيُؤْمِنَنَّ بِهِۦ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِۦ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا

    م-و-تق-ب-ل

  • Al-Baqara 2:253 shared roots

    وَبَشِّرِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ كُلَّمَا رُزِقُوا۟ مِنْهَا مِن ثَمَرَةٍ رِّزْقًا قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى رُزِقْنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَأُتُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُتَشَٰبِهًا وَلَهُمْ فِيهَآ أَزْوَٰجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ وَهُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

    خ-ل-دب-ش-رق-ب-ل

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:82 shared roots

    وَمَا جَعَلْنَٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَٰلِدِينَ

    خ-ل-دج-ع-ل

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:82 shared roots

    وَمَا جَعَلْنَٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَٰلِدِينَ

    خ-ل-دج-ع-ل

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1432 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ كُنتُمْ تَمَنَّوْنَ ٱلْمَوْتَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَلْقَوْهُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمُوهُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ

    م-و-تق-ب-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:34?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:34 include Quran 37:58 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 36:68 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 20:72 (Surah Taa-Haa), and Quran 23:81 (Surah Al-Muminoon). For example, 37:58 reads: “Then, are we not to die” 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 21:34 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:34 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?”

Which surah is verse 21:34 in?

Quran 21:34 is āyah 34 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 21:34?

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