Surah Al-Muminoon · Ayah 21·Makkī

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وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِى مِّمَّا فِى وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا وَمِنْهَا ﴿٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And indeed, for you in livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from that which is in their bellies, and for you in them are numerous benefits, and from them you eat.

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 15 words

Rarest here: ع-ب-ر 9× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 28 points across 7 rule families

  • Ghunnah4
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī13
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Iẓhār4
  • Qalqalah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

15 words · 64 letters · āyah 21 of 118

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.

  • وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ لَعِبْرَةً نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِى بُطُونِهِۦ مِنۢ بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَّبَنًا خَالِصًا سَآئِغًا لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ

    And indeed, for you in grazing livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from what is in their bellies - between excretion and blood - pure milk, palatable to drinkers.

  • كُلُوا۟ وَٱرْعَوْا۟ أَنْعَٰمَكُمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ

    Eat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed, in that are signs for those of intelligence.

  • وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمَ خَلَقَهَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا دِفْءٌ وَمَنَٰفِعُ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

    And the grazing livestock He has created for you; in them is warmth and [numerous] benefits, and from them you eat.

  • ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمَ لِتَرْكَبُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

    It is Allah who made for you the grazing animals upon which you ride, and some of them you eat.

  • فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

    And drinking on top of it from scalding water

  • كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    [They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."

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.

  • An-Nahl 16:664 shared roots

    وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ لَعِبْرَةً نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِى بُطُونِهِۦ مِنۢ بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَّبَنًا خَالِصًا سَآئِغًا لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ

    ع-ب-رس-ق-يب-ط-نن-ع-م

  • As-Saaffaat 37:662 shared roots

    فَإِنَّهُمْ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

    ب-ط-نأ-ك-ل

  • Al-Furqaan 25:493 shared roots

    لِّنُحْـِۧىَ بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا وَنُسْقِيَهُۥ مِمَّا خَلَقْنَآ أَنْعَٰمًا وَأَنَاسِىَّ كَثِيرًا

    س-ق-ين-ع-مك-ث-ر

  • An-Nahl 16:53 shared roots

    وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمَ خَلَقَهَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا دِفْءٌ وَمَنَٰفِعُ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

    ن-ف-عأ-ك-لن-ع-م

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:732 shared roots

    لَكُمْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ مِّنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

    أ-ك-لك-ث-ر

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:792 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمَ لِتَرْكَبُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

    أ-ك-لن-ع-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 23:21?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 23:21 include Quran 16:66 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 20:54 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 16:5 (Surah An-Nahl), and Quran 40:79 (Surah Al-Ghaafir). For example, 16:66 reads: “And indeed, for you in grazing livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from what is in their bellies - between excretion and blood - pure milk, palatable to drinkers.” 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 23:21 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 23:21 (Surah Al-Muminoon, The Believers) reads: “And indeed, for you in livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from that which is in their bellies, and for you in them are numerous benefits, and from them you eat.”

Which surah is verse 23:21 in?

Quran 23:21 is āyah 21 of Surah Al-Muminoon (The Believers), chapter 23 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 118 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 23:21?

Tartīl presents Quran 23:21 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.