Surah Al-Israa · Ayah 51·Makkī

51

أَوْ مِّمَّا فِى مَن ٱلَّذِى إِلَيْكَ مَتَىٰ هُوَ أَن ﴿٥١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Or [any] creation of that which is great within your breasts." And they will say, "Who will restore us?" Say, "He who brought you forth the first time." Then they will nod their heads toward you and say, "When is that?" Say, "Perhaps it will be soon -

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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 · 13 roots in 16 of 25 words

Rarest here: ن-غ-ض used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 33 points across 5 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ6
  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī16
  • Heavy rāʾ6
  • Iẓhār shafawī3

Commentary

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

Shape

25 words · 100 letters · āyah 51 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.

  • مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ

    From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.

  • وَعُرِضُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ صَفًّا لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۭ بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ أَلَّن نَّجْعَلَ لَكُم مَّوْعِدًا

    And they will be presented before your Lord in rows, [and He will say], "You have certainly come to Us just as We created you the first time. But you claimed that We would never…

  • ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ

    Is it you who creates it, or are We the Creator?

  • وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هَلْ نَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ يُنَبِّئُكُمْ إِذَا مُزِّقْتُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

    But those who disbelieve say, "Shall we direct you to a man who will inform you [that] when you have disintegrated in complete disintegration, you will [then] be [recreated] in a…

  • قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَرُونِى مَاذَا خَلَقُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ ٱئْتُونِى بِكِتَٰبٍ مِّن قَبْلِ هَٰذَآ أَوْ أَثَٰرَةٍ مِّنْ عِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    Say, [O Muhammad], "Have you considered that which you invoke besides Allah? Show me what they have created of the earth; or did they have partnership in [creation of] the…

  • أَثُمَّ إِذَا مَا وَقَعَ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦٓ ءَآلْـَٰٔنَ وَقَدْ كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

    Then is it that when it has [actually] occurred you will believe in it? Now? And you were [once] for it impatient

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.

  • Yaseen 36:794 shared roots

    قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ

    م-ر-رأ-و-لخ-ل-قق-و-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1372 shared roots

    إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    أ-و-لخ-ل-ق

  • An-Najm 53:502 shared roots

    وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ

    ع-و-دأ-و-ل

  • Al-Waaqia 56:882 shared roots

    فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

    ق-ر-بك-و-ن

  • Al-Israa 17:82 shared roots

    عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يَرْحَمَكُمْ وَإِنْ عُدتُّمْ عُدْنَا وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ حَصِيرًا

    ع-س-يع-و-د

  • Al-Israa 17:82 shared roots

    عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يَرْحَمَكُمْ وَإِنْ عُدتُّمْ عُدْنَا وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ حَصِيرًا

    ع-س-يع-و-د

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 17:51?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 17:51 include Quran 20:55 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 18:48 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 56:59 (Surah Al-Waaqia), and Quran 34:7 (Surah Saba). For example, 20:55 reads: “From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.” 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 17:51 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 17:51 (Surah Al-Israa, The Night Journey) reads: “Or [any] creation of that which is great within your breasts." And they will say, "Who will restore us?" Say, "He who brought you forth the first time." Then they will nod their heads toward you and say, "When is that?" Say, "Perhaps it will be soon -”

Which surah is verse 17:51 in?

Quran 17:51 is āyah 51 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 17:51?

Tartīl presents Quran 17:51 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.