Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 89·Makkī

89

وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذْ لَا وَأَنتَ ﴿٨٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while you are the best of inheritors."

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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 11 words

Rarest here: ف-ر-د — 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 14 points across 4 rule families

  • Light rāʾ5
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 42 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 89 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 3:38 · Aal-i-Imraanvery close

    هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُۥ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ

    At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication."

  • Quran 19:2 · Maryamclose

    ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُۥ زَكَرِيَّآ

    [This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah

  • Quran 19:3 · Maryamclose

    إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ نِدَآءً خَفِيًّا

    When he called to his Lord a private supplication.

  • Quran 19:7 · Maryamclose

    يَٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا

    [He was told], "O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before [this] name."

  • Quran 37:101 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٍ

    So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy.

  • Quran 19:6 · Maryamclose

    يَرِثُنِى وَيَرِثُ مِنْ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ وَٱجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّا

    Who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]."

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.

  • Maryam 19:802 shared roots

    وَنَرِثُهُۥ مَا يَقُولُ وَيَأْتِينَا فَرْدًا

    ف-ر-دو-ر-ث

  • Al-Jumu'a 62:93 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا نُودِىَ لِلصَّلَوٰةِ مِن يَوْمِ ٱلْجُمُعَةِ فَٱسْعَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَذَرُوا۟ ٱلْبَيْعَ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    و-ذ-رن-د-يخ-ي-ر

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:102 shared roots

    وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    ن-د-ير-ب-ب

  • Maryam 19:32 shared roots

    إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ نِدَآءً خَفِيًّا

    ن-د-ير-ب-ب

  • Maryam 19:62 shared roots

    يَرِثُنِى وَيَرِثُ مِنْ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ وَٱجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّا

    و-ر-ثر-ب-ب

  • Nooh 71:262 shared roots

    وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا

    و-ذ-رر-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:89?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:89 include Quran 3:38 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 19:2 (Surah Maryam), Quran 19:3 (Surah Maryam), and Quran 19:7 (Surah Maryam). For example, 3:38 reads: “At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication."” 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 21:89 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:89 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while you are the best of inheritors."”

Which surah is verse 21:89 in?

Quran 21:89 is āyah 89 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 21:89?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:89 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.