Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 97·Makkī

97

فَإِذَا هِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَٰوَيْلَنَا قَدْ فِى مِّنْ هَٰذَا بَلْ ﴿٩٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [when] the true promise has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were 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 · 9 roots in 10 of 19 words

Rarest here: ش-خ-ص 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 28 points across 6 rule families

  • Qalqalah3
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī14
  • Iẓhār3
  • Ghunnah3

Commentary

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

Shape

19 words · 71 letters · āyah 97 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.

  • فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةً سِيٓـَٔتْ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ

    But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."

  • فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

    And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.

  • قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ رَبَّنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَغْوَيْنَآ أَغْوَيْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا غَوَيْنَا تَبَرَّأْنَآ إِلَيْكَ مَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِيَّانَا يَعْبُدُونَ

    Those upon whom the word will have come into effect will say, "Our Lord, these are the ones we led to error. We led them to error just as we were in error. We declare our…

  • أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا لَٰكِنِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error.

  • وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

    And they who disbelieved and denied Our signs - for those there will be a humiliating punishment.

  • إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُۥ مِن نَّفَادٍ

    Indeed, this is Our provision; for it there is no depletion.

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.

  • Ibrahim 14:424 shared roots

    وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَٰفِلًا عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ تَشْخَصُ فِيهِ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ

    ش-خ-صغ-ف-لب-ص-رظ-ل-م

  • Al-Waaqia 56:852 shared roots

    وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ

    ق-ر-بب-ص-ر

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:12 shared roots

    ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُونَ

    غ-ف-لق-ر-ب

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:12 shared roots

    ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُونَ

    غ-ف-لق-ر-ب

  • Al-Waaqia 56:882 shared roots

    فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

    ق-ر-بك-و-ن

  • Yaseen 36:632 shared roots

    هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ

    و-ع-دك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:97?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:97 include Quran 67:27 (Surah Al-Mulk), Quran 51:60 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), Quran 28:63 (Surah Al-Qasas), and Quran 19:38 (Surah Maryam). For example, 67:27 reads: “But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."” 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 21:97 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:97 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “And [when] the true promise has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."”

Which surah is verse 21:97 in?

Quran 21:97 is āyah 97 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 21:97?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:97 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.