Surah Al-Ahzaab · Ayah 17·Madanī

17

مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى مِّنَ إِنْ بِكُمْ أَوْ بِكُمْ وَلَا لَهُم مِّن وَلَا ﴿١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Say, "Who is it that can protect you from Allah if He intends for you an ill or intends for you a mercy?" And they will not find for themselves besides Allah any protector or any helper.

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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 · 10 roots in 12 of 24 words

Recitation · 31 points across 7 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ7
  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Idghām shafawī4
  • Ghunnah2
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Heavy rāʾ4
  • Heavy Allāh2

Commentary

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

Shape

24 words · 80 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 17 of 73

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 67:28 · Al-Mulkvery close

    قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَهْلَكَنِىَ ٱللَّهُ وَمَن مَّعِىَ أَوْ رَحِمَنَا فَمَن يُجِيرُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    Say, [O Muhammad], "Have you considered: whether Allah should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?"

  • Quran 37:24 · As-Saaffaatvery close

    وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ

    And stop them; indeed, they are to be questioned."

  • Quran 29:22 · Al-Ankabootvery close

    وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

    And you will not cause failure [to Allah] upon the earth or in the heaven. And you have not other than Allah any protector or any helper.

  • Quran 5:76 · Al-Maaidavery close

    قُلْ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    Say, "Do you worship besides Allah that which holds for you no [power of] harm or benefit while it is Allah who is the Hearing, the Knowing?"

  • Quran 4:52 · An-Nisaavery close

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَمَن يَلْعَنِ ٱللَّهُ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُۥ نَصِيرًا

    Those are the ones whom Allah has cursed; and he whom Allah curses - never will you find for him a helper.

  • Quran 42:6 · Ash-Shuraclose

    وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ٱللَّهُ حَفِيظٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِوَكِيلٍ

    And those who take as allies other than Him - Allah is [yet] Guardian over them; and you, [O Muhammad], are not over them a manager.

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.

  • An-Nisaa 4:1235 shared roots

    لَّيْسَ بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْ وَلَآ أَمَانِىِّ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَن يَعْمَلْ سُوٓءًا يُجْزَ بِهِۦ وَلَا يَجِدْ لَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

    و-ج-دن-ص-رد-و-نس-و-أو-ل-ي

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:933 shared roots

    مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

    ن-ص-رد-و-نأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:333 shared roots

    يَوْمَ تُوَلُّونَ مُدْبِرِينَ مَا لَكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ عَاصِمٍ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْ هَادٍ

    ع-ص-مو-ل-يأ-ل-ه

  • Ash-Shura 42:464 shared roots

    وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ يَنصُرُونَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن سَبِيلٍ

    ن-ص-رد-و-نو-ل-يأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Baqara 2:1074 shared roots

    أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

    ن-ص-رد-و-نو-ل-يأ-ل-ه

  • Yaseen 36:743 shared roots

    وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

    ن-ص-رد-و-نأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 33:17?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 33:17 include Quran 67:28 (Surah Al-Mulk), Quran 37:24 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 29:22 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), and Quran 5:76 (Surah Al-Maaida). For example, 67:28 reads: “Say, [O Muhammad], "Have you considered: whether Allah should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?"” 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 33:17 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 33:17 (Surah Al-Ahzaab, The Clans) reads: “Say, "Who is it that can protect you from Allah if He intends for you an ill or intends for you a mercy?" And they will not find for themselves besides Allah any protector or any helper.”

Which surah is verse 33:17 in?

Quran 33:17 is āyah 17 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 33:17?

Tartīl presents Quran 33:17 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.