Surah Al-Fajr · Ayah 21·Makkī

21

كَلَّآ إِذَا ﴿٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -

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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 · 2 roots in 4 of 6 words

Rarest here: د-ك-ك — 7× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 4 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 20 letters · āyah 21 of 30

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 26:128 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ

    Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,

  • Quran 55:26 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ

    Everyone upon the earth will perish,

  • Quran 55:59 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

  • Quran 68:3 · Al-Qalamclose

    وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ

    And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.

  • Quran 18:46 · Al-Kahfrelated

    ٱلْمَالُ وَٱلْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْبَٰقِيَٰتُ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلًا

    Wealth and children are [but] adornment of the worldly life. But the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for [one's] hope.

  • Quran 84:2 · Al-Inshiqaaqrelated

    وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

    And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

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-Haaqqa 69:142 shared roots

    وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً

    د-ك-كأ-ر-ض

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 89:21?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 89:21 include Quran 26:128 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 55:26 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan), Quran 55:59 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan), and Quran 68:3 (Surah Al-Qalam). For example, 26:128 reads: “Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,” 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 89:21 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 89:21 (Surah Al-Fajr, The Dawn) reads: “No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -”

Which surah is verse 89:21 in?

Quran 89:21 is āyah 21 of Surah Al-Fajr (The Dawn), chapter 89 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 30 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 89:21?

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