Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 64·Makkī

64

إِلَىٰٓ إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ ﴿٦٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So they returned to [blaming] themselves and said [to each other], "Indeed, you are the wrongdoers."

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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 · 13 points across 6 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 36 letters · āyah 64 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 7:5 · Al-A'raafvery close

    فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"

  • Quran 68:30 · Al-Qalamvery close

    فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ

    Then they approached one another, blaming each other.

  • Quran 21:46 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

  • Quran 83:32 · Al-Mutaffifinclose

    وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

    And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."

  • Quran 16:113 · An-Nahlclose

    وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

    And there had certainly come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him; so punishment overtook them while they were wrongdoers.

  • Quran 21:14 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

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-Baqara 2:2813 shared roots

    وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًا تُرْجَعُونَ فِيهِ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

    ر-ج-عن-ف-سظ-ل-م

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:152 shared roots

    مَنْ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ وَمَنْ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُونَ

    ر-ج-عن-ف-س

  • Yunus 10:442 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ ٱلنَّاسَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

    ن-ف-سظ-ل-م

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:572 shared roots

    كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

    ر-ج-عن-ف-س

  • Al-Qasas 28:163 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى فَٱغْفِرْ لِى فَغَفَرَ لَهُۥٓ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    ن-ف-سظ-ل-مق-و-ل

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:142 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    ظ-ل-مق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:64?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:64 include Quran 7:5 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 68:30 (Surah Al-Qalam), Quran 21:46 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 83:32 (Surah Al-Mutaffifin). For example, 7:5 reads: “And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"” 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 21:64 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:64 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “So they returned to [blaming] themselves and said [to each other], "Indeed, you are the wrongdoers."”

Which surah is verse 21:64 in?

Quran 21:64 is āyah 64 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 21:64?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:64 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.