Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 55·Makkī

55

أَمْ أَنتَ مِنَ ﴿٥٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"

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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 7 words

Recitation · 10 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 30 letters · āyah 55 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 46:22 · Al-Ahqafvery close

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَأْفِكَنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    They said, "Have you come to delude us away from our gods? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."

  • Quran 37:52 · As-Saaffaatclose

    يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ

    Who would say, 'Are you indeed of those who believe

  • Quran 23:105 · Al-Muminoonclose

    أَلَمْ تَكُنْ ءَايَٰتِى تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَكُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

    [It will be said]. "Were not My verses recited to you and you used to deny them?"

  • Quran 27:27 · An-Namlclose

    قَالَ سَنَنظُرُ أَصَدَقْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

    [Solomon] said, "We will see whether you were truthful or were of the liars.

  • Quran 36:15 · Yaseenclose

    قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ مِن شَىْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا تَكْذِبُونَ

    They said, "You are not but human beings like us, and the Most Merciful has not revealed a thing. You are only telling lies."

  • Quran 32:28 · As-Sajdaclose

    وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْفَتْحُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    And they say, "When will be this conquest, if you should be truthful?"

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.

  • Saad 38:842 shared roots

    قَالَ فَٱلْحَقُّ وَٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ

    ح-ق-قق-و-ل

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:303 shared roots

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا سِحْرٌ وَإِنَّا بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

    ج-ي-أح-ق-قق-و-ل

  • As-Saaffaat 37:372 shared roots

    بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ج-ي-أح-ق-ق

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1053 shared roots

    حَقِيقٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن لَّآ أَقُولَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْحَقَّ قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِبَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعِىَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

    ج-ي-أح-ق-قق-و-ل

  • At-Tawba 9:652 shared roots

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلْعَبُ قُلْ أَبِٱللَّهِ وَءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَرَسُولِهِۦ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ل-ع-بق-و-ل

  • Al-An'aam 6:914 shared roots

    وَمَا قَدَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِۦٓ إِذْ قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ بَشَرٍ مِّن شَىْءٍ قُلْ مَنْ أَنزَلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ٱلَّذِى جَآءَ بِهِۦ مُوسَىٰ نُورًا وَهُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ تَجْعَلُونَهُۥ قَرَاطِيسَ تُبْدُونَهَا وَتُخْفُونَ كَثِيرًا وَعُلِّمْتُم مَّا لَمْ تَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنتُمْ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ذَرْهُمْ فِى خَوْضِهِمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

    ل-ع-بج-ي-أح-ق-قق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:55?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:55 include Quran 46:22 (Surah Al-Ahqaf), Quran 37:52 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 23:105 (Surah Al-Muminoon), and Quran 27:27 (Surah An-Naml). For example, 46:22 reads: “They said, "Have you come to delude us away from our gods? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."” 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 21:55 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:55 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"”

Which surah is verse 21:55 in?

Quran 21:55 is āyah 55 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 21:55?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:55 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.