Surah Nooh · Ayah 21·Makkī

21

نُوحٌ إِنَّهُمْ مَن لَّمْ إِلَّا ﴿٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

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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 13 words

Recitation · 16 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)3
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

13 words · 49 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 21 of 28

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.

  • قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ

    He said, "My Lord, indeed my people have denied me.

  • كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ

    The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.

  • قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ

    [Noah] said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."

  • وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ

    And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

  • كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

    The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] 'Aad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,

  • إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    When their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?

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.

  • Hud 11:635 shared roots

    قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّى وَءَاتَىٰنِى مِنْهُ رَحْمَةً فَمَن يَنصُرُنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنْ عَصَيْتُهُۥ فَمَا تَزِيدُونَنِى غَيْرَ تَخْسِيرٍ

    ع-ص-يز-ي-دخ-س-رر-ب-بق-و-ل

  • Taa-Haa 20:932 shared roots

    أَلَّا تَتَّبِعَنِ أَفَعَصَيْتَ أَمْرِى

    ع-ص-يت-ب-ع

  • Al-Munaafiqoon 63:93 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوَٰلُكُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَٰدُكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ

    خ-س-رم-و-لو-ل-د

  • Saba 34:353 shared roots

    وَقَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أَكْثَرُ أَمْوَٰلًا وَأَوْلَٰدًا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

    م-و-لو-ل-دق-و-ل

  • Maryam 19:773 shared roots

    أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَقَالَ لَأُوتَيَنَّ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا

    م-و-لو-ل-دق-و-ل

  • Ibrahim 14:363 shared roots

    رَبِّ إِنَّهُنَّ أَضْلَلْنَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فَمَن تَبِعَنِى فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنِّى وَمَنْ عَصَانِى فَإِنَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    ع-ص-يت-ب-عر-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 71:21?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 71:21 include Quran 26:117 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 54:9 (Surah Al-Qamar), Quran 23:26 (Surah Al-Muminoon), and Quran 51:46 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat). For example, 26:117 reads: “He said, "My Lord, indeed my people have denied me.” 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 71:21 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 71:21 (Surah Nooh, Noah) reads: “Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.”

Which surah is verse 71:21 in?

Quran 71:21 is āyah 21 of Surah Nooh (Noah), chapter 71 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 28 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 71:21?

Tartīl presents Quran 71:21 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.