Surah An-Naba · Ayah 21·Makkī

21

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ ﴿٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

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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 2 of 4 words

Rarest here: ر-ص-د — 6× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 5 points across 3 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 16 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 21 of 40

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 52:10 · At-Turclose

    وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا

    And the mountains will pass on, departing -

  • Quran 18:47 · Al-Kahfclose

    وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ بَارِزَةً وَحَشَرْنَٰهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا

    And [warn of] the Day when We will remove the mountains and you will see the earth prominent, and We will gather them and not leave behind from them anyone.

  • Quran 73:13 · Al-Muzzammilclose

    وَطَعَامًا ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

    And food that chokes and a painful punishment -

  • Quran 19:90 · Maryamclose

    تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنشَقُّ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ ٱلْجِبَالُ هَدًّا

    The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation

  • Quran 26:91 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ

    And Hellfire will be brought forth for the deviators,

  • Quran 20:105 · Taa-Haaclose

    وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ يَنسِفُهَا رَبِّى نَسْفًا

    And they ask you about the mountains, so say, "My Lord will blow them away with a blast.

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-Jinn 72:92 shared roots

    وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَٰعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ فَمَن يَسْتَمِعِ ٱلْـَٔانَ يَجِدْ لَهُۥ شِهَابًا رَّصَدًا

    ر-ص-دك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 78:21?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 78:21 include Quran 52:10 (Surah At-Tur), Quran 18:47 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 73:13 (Surah Al-Muzzammil), and Quran 19:90 (Surah Maryam). For example, 52:10 reads: “And the mountains will pass on, departing -” 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 78:21 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 78:21 (Surah An-Naba, The Announcement) reads: “Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait”

Which surah is verse 78:21 in?

Quran 78:21 is āyah 21 of Surah An-Naba (The Announcement), chapter 78 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 40 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 78:21?

Tartīl presents Quran 78:21 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.