Surah Al-Qasas · Ayah 21·Makkī

21

مِنْهَا مِنَ ﴿٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So he left it, fearful and anticipating [apprehension]. He said, "My Lord, save me from the wrongdoing people."

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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 · 8 roots in 8 of 10 words

Recitation · 12 points across 4 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Iẓhār2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Lām qamariyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 41 letters · āyah 21 of 88

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.

  • فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me wisdom and prophethood and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.

  • وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

    But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

  • وَأَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ يَٰمُوسَىٰ لَا تَخَفْ إِنِّى لَا يَخَافُ لَدَىَّ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

    And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allah said], "O Moses, fear not. Indeed, in…

  • فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

    And he gathered [his people] and called out

  • لَّقَدْ أَضَلَّنِى عَنِ ٱلذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَنِى وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ خَذُولًا

    He led me away from the remembrance after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter."

  • قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ لَّيُصْبِحُنَّ نَٰدِمِينَ

    [Allah] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."

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.

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:463 shared roots

    وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ

    خ-و-فق-و-مر-ب-ب

  • Yunus 10:862 shared roots

    وَنَجِّنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    ن-ج-وق-و-م

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:123 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

    خ-و-فر-ب-بق-و-ل

  • Al-Muminoon 23:1073 shared roots

    رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْهَا فَإِنْ عُدْنَا فَإِنَّا ظَٰلِمُونَ

    خ-ر-جظ-ل-مر-ب-ب

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:134 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَقَٰمُوا۟ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

    خ-و-فق-و-مر-ب-بق-و-ل

  • Hud 11:932 shared roots

    وَيَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنِّى عَٰمِلٌ سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ كَٰذِبٌ وَٱرْتَقِبُوٓا۟ إِنِّى مَعَكُمْ رَقِيبٌ

    ر-ق-بق-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 28:21?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 28:21 include Quran 26:21 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 79:40 (Surah An-Naazi'aat), Quran 27:10 (Surah An-Naml), and Quran 79:23 (Surah An-Naazi'aat). For example, 26:21 reads: “So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me wisdom and prophethood and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.” 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 28:21 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 28:21 (Surah Al-Qasas, The Stories) reads: “So he left it, fearful and anticipating [apprehension]. He said, "My Lord, save me from the wrongdoing people."”

Which surah is verse 28:21 in?

Quran 28:21 is āyah 21 of Surah Al-Qasas (The Stories), chapter 28 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 88 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 28:21?

Tartīl presents Quran 28:21 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.