Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 53·Makkī

53

لَهَا ﴿٥٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 5 words

Recitation · 8 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 25 letters · āyah 53 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 26:75 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

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

  • Quran 26:70 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

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

  • Quran 37:85 · As-Saaffaatvery close

    إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ

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

  • Quran 26:71 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ

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

  • Quran 19:42 · Maryamclose

    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?

  • Quran 26:76 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ

    You and your ancient forefathers?

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-وع-ب-دق-و-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:703 shared roots

    إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

    أ-ب-وع-ب-دق-و-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:743 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

    و-ج-دأ-ب-وق-و-ل

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:243 shared roots

    قَٰلَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُم بِأَهْدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

    و-ج-دأ-ب-وق-و-ل

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:223 shared roots

    بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ

    و-ج-دأ-ب-وق-و-ل

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:263 shared roots

    وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّنِى بَرَآءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ

    أ-ب-وع-ب-دق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:53?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:53 include Quran 26:75 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:70 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 37:85 (Surah As-Saaffaat), and Quran 26:71 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 26:75 reads: “He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping,” 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 21:53 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:53 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."”

Which surah is verse 21:53 in?

Quran 21:53 is āyah 53 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 21:53?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:53 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.