Surah An-Nisaa · Ayah 21·Madanī

21

وَقَدْ إِلَىٰ مِنكُم ﴿٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And how could you take it while you have gone in unto each other and they have taken from you a solemn covenant?

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

پیمان محکم گرفتن زن از همسرش

در ذیل این جمله که می‌فرماید «آنها از شما پیمان محکمی گرفته‌اند» از امام باقر(ع) روایت شده که فرمود: «منظور از پیمان, همان جملاتی است که با آن عقد ازدواج را می‌بندند.»

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 8 of 11 words

Rarest here: ف-ض-و — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 14 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)4
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

11 words · 48 letters · āyah 21 of 176

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 16:54 · An-Nahlclose

    ثُمَّ إِذَا كَشَفَ ٱلضُّرَّ عَنكُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنكُم بِرَبِّهِمْ يُشْرِكُونَ

    Then when He removes the adversity from you, at once a party of you associates others with their Lord

  • Quran 2:84 · Al-Baqaraclose

    وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَكُمْ لَا تَسْفِكُونَ دِمَآءَكُمْ وَلَا تُخْرِجُونَ أَنفُسَكُم مِّن دِيَٰرِكُمْ ثُمَّ أَقْرَرْتُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ

    And [recall] when We took your covenant, [saying], "Do not shed each other's blood or evict one another from your homes." Then you acknowledged [this] while you were witnessing.

  • Quran 2:237 · Al-Baqaraclose

    وَإِن طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَمَسُّوهُنَّ وَقَدْ فَرَضْتُمْ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً فَنِصْفُ مَا فَرَضْتُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يَعْفُونَ أَوْ يَعْفُوَا۟ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِۦ عُقْدَةُ ٱلنِّكَاحِ وَأَن تَعْفُوٓا۟ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَنسَوُا۟ ٱلْفَضْلَ بَيْنَكُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

    And if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already specified for them an obligation, then [give] half of what you specified - unless they forego the right…

  • Quran 6:94 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَلَقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا فُرَٰدَىٰ كَمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَتَرَكْتُم مَّا خَوَّلْنَٰكُمْ وَرَآءَ ظُهُورِكُمْ وَمَا نَرَىٰ مَعَكُمْ شُفَعَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ أَنَّهُمْ فِيكُمْ شُرَكَٰٓؤُا۟ لَقَد تَّقَطَّعَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنكُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ

    [It will be said to them], "And you have certainly come to Us alone as We created you the first time, and you have left whatever We bestowed upon you behind you. And We do not see…

  • Quran 4:62 · An-Nisaaclose

    فَكَيْفَ إِذَآ أَصَٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ جَآءُوكَ يَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَآ إِلَّآ إِحْسَٰنًا وَتَوْفِيقًا

    So how [will it be] when disaster strikes them because of what their hands have put forth and then they come to you swearing by Allah, "We intended nothing but good conduct and…

  • Quran 13:40 · Ar-Ra'dclose

    وَإِن مَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى نَعِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْبَلَٰغُ وَعَلَيْنَا ٱلْحِسَابُ

    And whether We show you part of what We promise them or take you in death, upon you is only the [duty of] notification, and upon Us is the account.

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-Ahzaab 33:73 shared roots

    وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مِيثَٰقَهُمْ وَمِنكَ وَمِن نُّوحٍ وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَى ٱبْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًا

    غ-ل-ظو-ث-قأ-خ-ذ

  • Al-Hadid 57:82 shared roots

    وَمَا لَكُمْ لَا تُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلرَّسُولُ يَدْعُوكُمْ لِتُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِرَبِّكُمْ وَقَدْ أَخَذَ مِيثَٰقَكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    و-ث-قأ-خ-ذ

  • An-Nisaa 4:1543 shared roots

    وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ ٱلطُّورَ بِمِيثَٰقِهِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ لَا تَعْدُوا۟ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًا

    غ-ل-ظو-ث-قأ-خ-ذ

  • An-Nisaa 4:1543 shared roots

    وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ ٱلطُّورَ بِمِيثَٰقِهِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ لَا تَعْدُوا۟ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًا

    غ-ل-ظو-ث-قأ-خ-ذ

  • Faatir 35:262 shared roots

    ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ

    ك-ي-فأ-خ-ذ

  • Al-Israa 17:212 shared roots

    ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَٰتٍ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلًا

    ك-ي-فب-ع-ض

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 4:21?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 4:21 include Quran 16:54 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 2:84 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 2:237 (Surah Al-Baqara), and Quran 6:94 (Surah Al-An'aam). For example, 16:54 reads: “Then when He removes the adversity from you, at once a party of you associates others with their Lord” 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 4:21 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 4:21 (Surah An-Nisaa, The Women) reads: “And how could you take it while you have gone in unto each other and they have taken from you a solemn covenant?”

Which surah is verse 4:21 in?

Quran 4:21 is āyah 21 of Surah An-Nisaa (The Women), chapter 4 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 176 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 4:21?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 4:21 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 4:21?

Tartīl presents Quran 4:21 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.