Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 67·Makkī

67

لَّكُمْ وَلِمَا مِن أَفَلَا ﴿٦٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Uff to you and to what you worship instead of Allah. Then will you not use reason?"

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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 9 words

Rarest here: أ-ف-ف — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 10 points across 5 rule families

  • Idghām (without ghunnah)2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Light Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 34 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 67 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 39:64 · Az-Zumarvery close

    قُلْ أَفَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ تَأْمُرُوٓنِّىٓ أَعْبُدُ أَيُّهَا ٱلْجَٰهِلُونَ

    Say, [O Muhammad], "Is it other than Allah that you order me to worship, O ignorant ones?"

  • Quran 3:99 · Aal-i-Imraanvery close

    قُلْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ تَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَأَنتُمْ شُهَدَآءُ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

    Say, "O People of the Scripture, why do you avert from the way of Allah those who believe, seeking to make it [seem] deviant, while you are witnesses [to the truth]? And Allah is…

  • Quran 5:59 · Al-Maaidavery close

    قُلْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ هَلْ تَنقِمُونَ مِنَّآ إِلَّآ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلُ وَأَنَّ أَكْثَرَكُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ

    Say, "O People of the Scripture, do you resent us except [for the fact] that we have believed in Allah and what was revealed to us and what was revealed before and because most of…

  • Quran 71:13 · Noohvery close

    مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا

    What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur

  • Quran 29:17 · Al-Ankabootvery close

    إِنَّمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْثَٰنًا وَتَخْلُقُونَ إِفْكًا إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ لَكُمْ رِزْقًا فَٱبْتَغُوا۟ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرِّزْقَ وَٱعْبُدُوهُ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    You only worship, besides Allah, idols, and you produce a falsehood. Indeed, those you worship besides Allah do not possess for you [the power of] provision. So seek from Allah…

  • Quran 3:70 · Aal-i-Imraanvery close

    يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَنتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ

    O People of the Scripture, why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allah while you witness [to their truth]?

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 2:2422 shared roots

    كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

    ع-ق-لأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Israa 17:232 shared roots

    وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَٰنًا إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ ٱلْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَآ أُفٍّ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيمًا

    أ-ف-فع-ب-د

  • Az-Zumar 39:433 shared roots

    أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ شُفَعَآءَ قُلْ أَوَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ

    ع-ق-لد-و-نأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:172 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِى قَالَ لِوَٰلِدَيْهِ أُفٍّ لَّكُمَآ أَتَعِدَانِنِىٓ أَنْ أُخْرَجَ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ ٱلْقُرُونُ مِن قَبْلِى وَهُمَا يَسْتَغِيثَانِ ٱللَّهَ وَيْلَكَ ءَامِنْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَيَقُولُ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    أ-ف-فأ-ل-ه

  • An-Naml 27:433 shared roots

    وَصَدَّهَا مَا كَانَت تَّعْبُدُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مِن قَوْمٍ كَٰفِرِينَ

    د-و-نع-ب-دأ-ل-ه

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:453 shared roots

    وَسْـَٔلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلْنَا مِن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ءَالِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ

    د-و-نع-ب-دأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:67?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:67 include Quran 39:64 (Surah Az-Zumar), Quran 3:99 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 5:59 (Surah Al-Maaida), and Quran 71:13 (Surah Nooh). For example, 39:64 reads: “Say, [O Muhammad], "Is it other than Allah that you order me to worship, O ignorant ones?"” 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 21:67 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:67 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “Uff to you and to what you worship instead of Allah. Then will you not use reason?"”

Which surah is verse 21:67 in?

Quran 21:67 is āyah 67 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 21:67?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:67 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.