Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 49·Makkī

49

ٱلَّذِينَ وَهُم مِّنَ ﴿٤٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Who fear their Lord unseen, while they are of the Hour apprehensive.

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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 5 of 8 words

Recitation · 9 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī2
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 37 letters · āyah 49 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 23:58 · Al-Muminoonvery close

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    And they who believe in the signs of their Lord

  • Quran 70:27 · Al-Ma'aarijvery close

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

    And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -

  • Quran 6:51 · Al-An'aamvery close

    وَأَنذِرْ بِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ أَن يُحْشَرُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ لَيْسَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ وَلِىٌّ وَلَا شَفِيعٌ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

    And warn by the Qur'an those who fear that they will be gathered before their Lord - for them besides Him will be no protector and no intercessor - that they might become…

  • Quran 76:10 · Al-Insaanvery close

    إِنَّا نَخَافُ مِن رَّبِّنَا يَوْمًا عَبُوسًا قَمْطَرِيرًا

    Indeed, We fear from our Lord a Day austere and distressful."

  • Quran 76:7 · Al-Insaanclose

    يُوفُونَ بِٱلنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا كَانَ شَرُّهُۥ مُسْتَطِيرًا

    They [are those who] fulfill [their] vows and fear a Day whose evil will be widespread.

  • Quran 17:57 · Al-Israaclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُۥ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُۥٓ إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُورًا

    Those whom they invoke seek means of access to their Lord, [striving as to] which of them would be nearest, and they hope for His mercy and fear His punishment. Indeed, the…

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-Muminoon 23:573 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

    ش-ف-قخ-ش-ير-ب-ب

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:272 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

    ش-ف-قر-ب-ب

  • Al-Mulk 67:123 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ

    خ-ش-يغ-ي-بر-ب-ب

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:282 shared roots

    يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يَشْفَعُونَ إِلَّا لِمَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ وَهُم مِّنْ خَشْيَتِهِۦ مُشْفِقُونَ

    ش-ف-قخ-ش-ي

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:282 shared roots

    يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يَشْفَعُونَ إِلَّا لِمَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ وَهُم مِّنْ خَشْيَتِهِۦ مُشْفِقُونَ

    ش-ف-قخ-ش-ي

  • Ash-Shura 42:182 shared roots

    يَسْتَعْجِلُ بِهَا ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهَا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مُشْفِقُونَ مِنْهَا وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهَا ٱلْحَقُّ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُمَارُونَ فِى ٱلسَّاعَةِ لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

    ش-ف-قس-و-ع

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:49?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:49 include Quran 23:58 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 70:27 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij), Quran 6:51 (Surah Al-An'aam), and Quran 76:10 (Surah Al-Insaan). For example, 23:58 reads: “And they who believe in the signs of their Lord” 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 21:49 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:49 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “Who fear their Lord unseen, while they are of the Hour apprehensive.”

Which surah is verse 21:49 in?

Quran 21:49 is āyah 49 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 21:49?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:49 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.