Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 52·Makkī

52

إِذْ مَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا ﴿٥٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"

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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 11 words

Rarest here: ع-ك-ف 9× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 13 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 44 letters · āyah 52 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.

  • إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ

    [And] when he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?

  • إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

    When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?"

  • قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ

    They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted."

  • قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

    He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping,

  • إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْـًٔا

    [Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?

  • إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

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.

  • As-Saaffaat 37:853 shared roots

    إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ

    أ-ب-وق-و-مق-و-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:703 shared roots

    إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

    أ-ب-وق-و-مق-و-ل

  • Taa-Haa 20:912 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ لَن نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَٰكِفِينَ حَتَّىٰ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ

    ع-ك-فق-و-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:712 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ

    ع-ك-فق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1383 shared roots

    وَجَٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَى ٱجْعَل لَّنَآ إِلَٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ

    ع-ك-فق-و-مق-و-ل

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:263 shared roots

    وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّنِى بَرَآءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ

    أ-ب-وق-و-مق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:52?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:52 include Quran 37:85 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 26:70 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:71 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 26:75 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 37:85 reads: “[And] when he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?” 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 21:52 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:52 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"”

Which surah is verse 21:52 in?

Quran 21:52 is āyah 52 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 21:52?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:52 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.