Surah Al-Israa · Ayah 48·Makkī

48

لَكَ فَلَا ﴿٤٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.

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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 7 of 9 words

Recitation · 12 points across 5 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 42 letters · āyah 48 of 111

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 3:69 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    وَدَّت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَوْ يُضِلُّونَكُمْ وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    A faction of the people of the Scripture wish they could mislead you. But they do not mislead except themselves, and they perceive [it] not.

  • Quran 41:48 · Fussilatclose

    وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَدْعُونَ مِن قَبْلُ وَظَنُّوا۟ مَا لَهُم مِّن مَّحِيصٍ

    And lost from them will be those they were invoking before, and they will be certain that they have no place of escape.

  • Quran 7:202 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَإِخْوَٰنُهُمْ يَمُدُّونَهُمْ فِى ٱلْغَىِّ ثُمَّ لَا يُقْصِرُونَ

    But their brothers - the devils increase them in error; then they do not stop short.

  • Quran 3:105 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ تَفَرَّقُوا۟ وَٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

    And do not be like the ones who became divided and differed after the clear proofs had come to them. And those will have a great punishment.

  • Quran 68:25 · Al-Qalamclose

    وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَٰدِرِينَ

    And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.

  • Quran 83:32 · Al-Mutaffifinclose

    وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

    And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."

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-Furqaan 25:95 shared roots

    ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا

    ض-ر-بك-ي-فن-ظ-رط-و-عم-ث-ل

  • An-Nahl 16:742 shared roots

    فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    ض-ر-بم-ث-ل

  • Ibrahim 14:453 shared roots

    وَسَكَنتُمْ فِى مَسَٰكِنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمْ كَيْفَ فَعَلْنَا بِهِمْ وَضَرَبْنَا لَكُمُ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ

    ض-ر-بك-ي-فم-ث-ل

  • Al-An'aam 6:243 shared roots

    ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

    ك-ي-فن-ظ-رض-ل-ل

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:432 shared roots

    وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ وَمَا يَعْقِلُهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْعَٰلِمُونَ

    ض-ر-بم-ث-ل

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:673 shared roots

    وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّآ أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَآءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا ٱلسَّبِيلَا۠

    ط-و-عس-ب-لض-ل-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 17:48?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 17:48 include Quran 3:69 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 41:48 (Surah Fussilat), Quran 7:202 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 3:105 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan). For example, 3:69 reads: “A faction of the people of the Scripture wish they could mislead you. But they do not mislead except themselves, and they perceive [it] not.” 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 17:48 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 17:48 (Surah Al-Israa, The Night Journey) reads: “Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.”

Which surah is verse 17:48 in?

Quran 17:48 is āyah 48 of Surah Al-Israa (The Night Journey), chapter 17 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 111 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 17:48?

Tartīl presents Quran 17:48 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.