Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 35·Makkī

35

وَإِلَيْنَا ﴿٣٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.

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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 · 9 roots in 9 of 10 words

Recitation · 12 points across 6 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī1
  • Light rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 49 letters · āyah 35 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 29:57 · Al-Ankabootvery close

    كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

    Every soul will taste death. Then to Us will you be returned.

  • Quran 3:185 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ فَمَن زُحْزِحَ عَنِ ٱلنَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ

    Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has…

  • Quran 2:155 · Al-Baqaraclose

    وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَىْءٍ مِّنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ

    And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient,

  • Quran 37:31 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ

    So the word of our Lord has come into effect upon us; indeed, we will taste [punishment].

  • Quran 15:35 · Al-Hijrclose

    وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense."

  • Quran 41:27 · Fussilatclose

    فَلَنُذِيقَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَسْوَأَ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    But We will surely cause those who disbelieve to taste a severe punishment, and We will surely recompense them for the worst of what they had been doing.

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.

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:575 shared roots

    كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

    ذ-و-قر-ج-عم-و-تن-ف-سك-ل-ل

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:142 shared roots

    ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

    ف-ت-نذ-و-ق

  • Yunus 10:562 shared roots

    هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    ر-ج-عم-و-ت

  • Al-Israa 17:112 shared roots

    وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَجُولًا

    ش-ر-رخ-ي-ر

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:642 shared roots

    فَرَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    ر-ج-عن-ف-س

  • As-Sajda 32:212 shared roots

    وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ دُونَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

    ذ-و-قر-ج-ع

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:35?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:35 include Quran 29:57 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), Quran 3:185 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 2:155 (Surah Al-Baqara), and Quran 37:31 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 29:57 reads: “Every soul will taste death. Then to Us will you be returned.” 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 21:35 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:35 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.”

Which surah is verse 21:35 in?

Quran 21:35 is āyah 35 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 21:35?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:35 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.