Surah Al-Ahzaab · Ayah 15·Madanī

15

وَلَقَدْ مِن لَا ﴿١٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they had already promised Allah before not to turn their backs and flee. And ever is the promise to Allah [that about which one will be] questioned.

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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 · 7 roots in 10 of 13 words

Recitation · 20 points across 6 rule families

  • Qalqalah3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Heavy Allāh2

Commentary

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

Shape

13 words · 53 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 15 of 73

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

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    They swear by Allah that they did not say [anything against the Prophet] while they had said the word of disbelief and disbelieved after their [pretense of] Islam and planned that…

  • Quran 24:53 · An-Noorvery close

    وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ لَئِنْ أَمَرْتَهُمْ لَيَخْرُجُنَّ قُل لَّا تُقْسِمُوا۟ طَاعَةٌ مَّعْرُوفَةٌ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

    And they swear by Allah their strongest oaths that if you ordered them, they would go forth [in Allah 's cause]. Say, "Do not swear. [Such] obedience is known. Indeed, Allah is…

  • Quran 10:85 · Yunusvery close

    فَقَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    So they said, "Upon Allah do we rely. Our Lord, make us not [objects of] trial for the wrongdoing people

  • Quran 13:20 · Ar-Ra'dclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ يُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَنقُضُونَ ٱلْمِيثَٰقَ

    Those who fulfill the covenant of Allah and do not break the contract,

  • Quran 22:47 · Al-Hajjclose

    وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَلَن يُخْلِفَ ٱللَّهُ وَعْدَهُۥ وَإِنَّ يَوْمًا عِندَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلْفِ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ

    And they urge you to hasten the punishment. But Allah will never fail in His promise. And indeed, a day with your Lord is like a thousand years of those which you count.

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    وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَآ إِذْ يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ فَقَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ عَلَيْهِم بُنْيَٰنًا رَّبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِدًا

    And similarly, We caused them to be found that they [who found them] would know that the promise of Allah is truth and that of the Hour there is no doubt. [That was] when they…

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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.

  • As-Saaffaat 37:902 shared roots

    فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ

    د-ب-رو-ل-ي

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:172 shared roots

    تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    د-ب-رو-ل-ي

  • Al-Hashr 59:122 shared roots

    لَئِنْ أُخْرِجُوا۟ لَا يَخْرُجُونَ مَعَهُمْ وَلَئِن قُوتِلُوا۟ لَا يَنصُرُونَهُمْ وَلَئِن نَّصَرُوهُمْ لَيُوَلُّنَّ ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

    د-ب-رو-ل-ي

  • At-Tur 52:252 shared roots

    وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    س-أ-لق-ب-ل

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    س-أ-لق-ب-ل

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    س-أ-لق-ب-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 33:15?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 33:15 include Quran 9:74 (Surah At-Tawba), Quran 24:53 (Surah An-Noor), Quran 10:85 (Surah Yunus), and Quran 13:20 (Surah Ar-Ra'd). For example, 9:74 reads: “They swear by Allah that they did not say [anything against the Prophet] while they had said the word of disbelief and disbelieved after their [pretense of] Islam and planned that…” 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 33:15 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 33:15 (Surah Al-Ahzaab, The Clans) reads: “And they had already promised Allah before not to turn their backs and flee. And ever is the promise to Allah [that about which one will be] questioned.”

Which surah is verse 33:15 in?

Quran 33:15 is āyah 15 of Surah Al-Ahzaab (The Clans), chapter 33 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 73 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 33:15?

Tartīl presents Quran 33:15 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.