Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 82·Makkī

82

وَمِنَ مَن لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ لَهُمْ ﴿٨٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And of the devils were those who dived for him and did work other than that. And We were of them a guardian.

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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 · 6 roots in 7 of 12 words

Rarest here: غ-و-ص — 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 15 points across 5 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 49 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 82 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 38:37 · Saadclose

    وَٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍ

    And [also] the devils [of jinn] - every builder and diver

  • Quran 7:72 · Al-A'raafclose

    فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَقَطَعْنَا دَابِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

    So We saved him and those with him by mercy from Us. And We eliminated those who denied Our signs, and they were not [at all] believers.

  • Quran 29:40 · Al-Ankabootclose

    فَكُلًّا أَخَذْنَا بِذَنۢبِهِۦ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ حَاصِبًا وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَخَذَتْهُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ خَسَفْنَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَغْرَقْنَا وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

    So each We seized for his sin; and among them were those upon whom We sent a storm of stones, and among them were those who were seized by the blast [from the sky], and among them…

  • Quran 37:133 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَإِنَّ لُوطًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    And indeed, Lot was among the messengers.

  • Quran 12:15 · Yusufclose

    فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَجْمَعُوٓا۟ أَن يَجْعَلُوهُ فِى غَيَٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُم بِأَمْرِهِمْ هَٰذَا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    So when they took him [out] and agreed to put him into the bottom of the well... But We inspired to him, "You will surely inform them [someday] about this affair of theirs while…

  • Quran 7:175 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَٱنسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ

    And recite to them, [O Muhammad], the news of him to whom we gave [knowledge of] Our signs, but he detached himself from them; so Satan pursued him, and he became of the deviators.

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 38:372 shared roots

    وَٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍ

    غ-و-صش-ط-ن

  • Al-Hijr 15:172 shared roots

    وَحَفِظْنَٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

    ح-ف-ظش-ط-ن

  • As-Saaffaat 37:72 shared roots

    وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍ مَّارِدٍ

    ح-ف-ظش-ط-ن

  • Ash-Shura 42:62 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ٱللَّهُ حَفِيظٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِوَكِيلٍ

    ح-ف-ظد-و-ن

  • Al-Hijr 15:932 shared roots

    عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    ع-م-لك-و-ن

  • Hud 11:862 shared roots

    بَقِيَّتُ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ عَلَيْكُم بِحَفِيظٍ

    ح-ف-ظك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:82?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:82 include Quran 38:37 (Surah Saad), Quran 7:72 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 29:40 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), and Quran 37:133 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 38:37 reads: “And [also] the devils [of jinn] - every builder and diver” 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 21:82 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:82 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “And of the devils were those who dived for him and did work other than that. And We were of them a guardian.”

Which surah is verse 21:82 in?

Quran 21:82 is āyah 82 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 21:82?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:82 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.