Surah An-Najm · Ayah 29·Makkī

29

عَن مَّن عَن وَلَمْ إِلَّا ﴿٢٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our message and desires not except the worldly life.

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 11 words

Recitation · 17 points across 7 rule families

  • Light rāʾ3
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)4
  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām qamariyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 41 letters · āyah 29 of 62

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 7:199 · Al-A'raafclose

    خُذِ ٱلْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِٱلْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ

    Take what is given freely, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the ignorant.

  • Quran 14:3 · Ibrahimclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَحِبُّونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا عَلَى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

    The ones who prefer the worldly life over the Hereafter and avert [people] from the way of Allah, seeking to make it (seem) deviant. Those are in extreme error.

  • Quran 26:5 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ

    And no revelation comes to them anew from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it.

  • Quran 16:82 · An-Nahlclose

    فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

    But if they turn away, [O Muhammad] - then only upon you is [responsibility for] clear notification.

  • Quran 17:83 · Al-Israaclose

    وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوسًا

    And when We bestow favor upon the disbeliever, he turns away and distances himself; and when evil touches him, he is ever despairing.

  • Quran 43:5 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    أَفَنَضْرِبُ عَنكُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَ صَفْحًا أَن كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّسْرِفِينَ

    Then should We turn the message away, disregarding you, because you are a transgressing people?

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-Muddaththir 74:492 shared roots

    فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

    ع-ر-ضذ-ك-ر

  • Al-Anfaal 8:232 shared roots

    وَلَوْ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًا لَّأَسْمَعَهُمْ وَلَوْ أَسْمَعَهُمْ لَتَوَلَّوا۟ وَّهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

    ع-ر-ضو-ل-ي

  • Al-An'aam 6:292 shared roots

    وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

    د-ن-وح-ي-ي

  • Fussilat 41:313 shared roots

    نَحْنُ أَوْلِيَآؤُكُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِىٓ أَنفُسُكُمْ وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَا تَدَّعُونَ

    د-ن-وح-ي-يو-ل-ي

  • Al-A'laa 87:162 shared roots

    بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

    د-ن-وح-ي-ي

  • An-Naazi'aat 79:382 shared roots

    وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

    د-ن-وح-ي-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 53:29?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 53:29 include Quran 7:199 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 14:3 (Surah Ibrahim), Quran 26:5 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 16:82 (Surah An-Nahl). For example, 7:199 reads: “Take what is given freely, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the ignorant.” 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 53:29 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 53:29 (Surah An-Najm, The Star) reads: “So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our message and desires not except the worldly life.”

Which surah is verse 53:29 in?

Quran 53:29 is āyah 29 of Surah An-Najm (The Star), chapter 53 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 62 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 53:29?

Tartīl presents Quran 53:29 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.