Surah Al-Ghaafir · Ayah 17·Makkī

17

بِمَا لَا إِنَّ ﴿١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

This Day every soul will be recompensed for what it earned. No injustice today! Indeed, Allah is swift in account.

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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 · 9 roots in 10 of 13 words

Recitation · 14 points across 7 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah4
  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iqlāb1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

13 words · 47 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 17 of 85

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 14:51 · Ibrahimvery close

    لِيَجْزِىَ ٱللَّهُ كُلَّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    So that Allah will recompense every soul for what it earned. Indeed, Allah is swift in account.

  • Quran 2:281 · Al-Baqaravery close

    وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًا تُرْجَعُونَ فِيهِ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

    And fear a Day when you will be returned to Allah. Then every soul will be compensated for what it earned, and they will not be treated unjustly.

  • Quran 16:111 · An-Nahlvery close

    يَوْمَ تَأْتِى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَٰدِلُ عَن نَّفْسِهَا وَتُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

    On the Day when every soul will come disputing for itself, and every soul will be fully compensated for what it did, and they will not be wronged.

  • Quran 82:19 · Al-Infitaarvery close

    يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا وَٱلْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ

    It is the Day when a soul will not possess for another soul [power to do] a thing; and the command, that Day, is [entirely] with Allah.

  • Quran 14:50 · Ibrahimvery close

    سَرَابِيلُهُم مِّن قَطِرَانٍ وَتَغْشَىٰ وُجُوهَهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ

    Their garments of liquid pitch and their faces covered by the Fire.

  • Quran 6:16 · Al-An'aamvery close

    مَّن يُصْرَفْ عَنْهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَدْ رَحِمَهُۥ وَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

    He from whom it is averted that Day - [Allah] has granted him mercy. And that is the clear attainment.

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 40:17?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 40:17 include Quran 14:51 (Surah Ibrahim), Quran 2:281 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 16:111 (Surah An-Nahl), and Quran 82:19 (Surah Al-Infitaar). For example, 14:51 reads: “So that Allah will recompense every soul for what it earned. Indeed, Allah is swift in account.” 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 40:17 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 40:17 (Surah Al-Ghaafir, The Forgiver) reads: “This Day every soul will be recompensed for what it earned. No injustice today! Indeed, Allah is swift in account.”

Which surah is verse 40:17 in?

Quran 40:17 is āyah 17 of Surah Al-Ghaafir (The Forgiver), chapter 40 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 85 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 40:17?

Tartīl presents Quran 40:17 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.