Surah Al-Inshiqaaq · Ayah 21·Makkī

21

وَإِذَا عَلَيْهِمُ لَا ﴿٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?

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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 3 of 6 words

Recitation · 6 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 27 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 21 of 25

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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 47:24 · Muhammadvery close

    أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ أَمْ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبٍ أَقْفَالُهَآ

    Then do they not reflect upon the Qur'an, or are there locks upon [their] hearts?

  • Quran 8:34 · Al-Anfaalclose

    وَمَا لَهُمْ أَلَّا يُعَذِّبَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَهُمْ يَصُدُّونَ عَنِ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥٓ إِنْ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    But why should Allah not punish them while they obstruct [people] from al-Masjid al- Haram and they were not [fit to be] its guardians? Its [true] guardians are not but the…

  • Quran 10:18 · Yunusclose

    وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ شُفَعَٰٓؤُنَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ قُلْ أَتُنَبِّـُٔونَ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

    And they worship other than Allah that which neither harms them nor benefits them, and they say, "These are our intercessors with Allah " Say, "Do you inform Allah of something He…

  • Quran 4:82 · An-Nisaaclose

    أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ وَلَوْ كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ غَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ لَوَجَدُوا۟ فِيهِ ٱخْتِلَٰفًا كَثِيرًا

    Then do they not reflect upon the Qur'an? If it had been from [any] other than Allah, they would have found within it much contradiction.

  • Quran 98:5 · Al-Bayyinaclose

    وَمَآ أُمِرُوٓا۟ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ حُنَفَآءَ وَيُقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَذَٰلِكَ دِينُ ٱلْقَيِّمَةِ

    And they were not commanded except to worship Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth, and to establish prayer and to give zakah. And that is the correct…

  • Quran 39:28 · Az-Zumarclose

    قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّا غَيْرَ ذِى عِوَجٍ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

    [It is] an Arabic Qur'an, without any deviance that they might become righteous.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 84:21?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 84:21 include Quran 47:24 (Surah Muhammad), Quran 8:34 (Surah Al-Anfaal), Quran 10:18 (Surah Yunus), and Quran 4:82 (Surah An-Nisaa). For example, 47:24 reads: “Then do they not reflect upon the Qur'an, or are there locks upon [their] hearts?” 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 84:21 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 84:21 (Surah Al-Inshiqaaq, The Splitting Open) reads: “And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?”

Which surah is verse 84:21 in?

Quran 84:21 is āyah 21 of Surah Al-Inshiqaaq (The Splitting Open), chapter 84 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 25 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 84:21?

Tartīl presents Quran 84:21 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.