Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 72·Makkī

72

لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ ﴿٧٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We gave him Isaac and Jacob in addition, and all [of them] We made righteous.

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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 8 words

Rarest here: ن-ف-ل — 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 10 points across 3 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 37 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 72 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 29:27 · Al-Ankabootvery close

    وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ذُرِّيَّتِهِ ٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ أَجْرَهُۥ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    And We gave to Him Isaac and Jacob and placed in his descendants prophethood and scripture. And We gave him his reward in this world, and indeed, he is in the Hereafter among the…

  • Quran 37:114 · As-Saaffaatvery close

    وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ

    And We did certainly confer favor upon Moses and Aaron.

  • Quran 19:49 · Maryamvery close

    فَلَمَّا ٱعْتَزَلَهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا نَبِيًّا

    So when he had left them and those they worshipped other than Allah, We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and each [of them] We made a prophet.

  • Quran 37:112 · As-Saaffaatvery close

    وَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِإِسْحَٰقَ نَبِيًّا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    And We gave him good tidings of Isaac, a prophet from among the righteous.

  • Quran 6:84 · Al-An'aamvery close

    وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ كُلًّا هَدَيْنَا وَنُوحًا هَدَيْنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِۦ دَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَٰنَ وَأَيُّوبَ وَيُوسُفَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

    And We gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - all [of them] We guided. And Noah, We guided before; and among his descendants, David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron…

  • Quran 37:111 · As-Saaffaatclose

    إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.

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 37:1002 shared roots

    رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    و-ه-بص-ل-ح

  • Al-Anfaal 8:12 shared roots

    يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْأَنفَالِ قُلِ ٱلْأَنفَالُ لِلَّهِ وَٱلرَّسُولِ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَصْلِحُوا۟ ذَاتَ بَيْنِكُمْ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    ن-ف-لص-ل-ح

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:273 shared roots

    وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ذُرِّيَّتِهِ ٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ أَجْرَهُۥ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    و-ه-بص-ل-حج-ع-ل

  • Maryam 19:493 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا ٱعْتَزَلَهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا نَبِيًّا

    و-ه-بج-ع-لك-ل-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:832 shared roots

    رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    و-ه-بص-ل-ح

  • Maryam 19:502 shared roots

    وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِنَا وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ عَلِيًّا

    و-ه-بج-ع-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:72?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:72 include Quran 29:27 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), Quran 37:114 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 19:49 (Surah Maryam), and Quran 37:112 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 29:27 reads: “And We gave to Him Isaac and Jacob and placed in his descendants prophethood and scripture. And We gave him his reward in this world, and indeed, he is in the Hereafter among the…” 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 21:72 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:72 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “And We gave him Isaac and Jacob in addition, and all [of them] We made righteous.”

Which surah is verse 21:72 in?

Quran 21:72 is āyah 72 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 21:72?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:72 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.