Surah Al-Israa · Ayah 72·Makkī

72

وَمَن فِى هَٰذِهِۦٓ فَهُوَ فِى ﴿٧٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And whoever is blind in this [life] will be blind in the Hereafter and more astray in 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 · 5 roots in 6 of 11 words

Recitation · 12 points across 4 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 40 letters · āyah 72 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 10:43 · Yunusclose

    وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَنظُرُ إِلَيْكَ أَفَأَنتَ تَهْدِى ٱلْعُمْىَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

    And among them are those who look at you. But can you guide the blind although they will not [attempt to] see?

  • Quran 20:124 · Taa-Haaclose

    وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِى فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ مَعِيشَةً ضَنكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَعْمَىٰ

    And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed life, and We will gather him on the Day of Resurrection blind."

  • Quran 40:58 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَلَا ٱلْمُسِىٓءُ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ

    And not equal are the blind and the seeing, nor are those who believe and do righteous deeds and the evildoer. Little do you remember.

  • Quran 6:104 · Al-An'aamclose

    قَدْ جَآءَكُم بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَنْ أَبْصَرَ فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ وَمَنْ عَمِىَ فَعَلَيْهَا وَمَآ أَنَا۠ عَلَيْكُم بِحَفِيظٍ

    There has come to you enlightenment from your Lord. So whoever will see does so for [the benefit of] his soul, and whoever is blind [does harm] against it. And [say], "I am not a…

  • Quran 75:22 · Al-Qiyaamaclose

    وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ

    [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

  • Quran 6:39 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا صُمٌّ وَبُكْمٌ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ مَن يَشَإِ ٱللَّهُ يُضْلِلْهُ وَمَن يَشَأْ يَجْعَلْهُ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

    But those who deny Our verses are deaf and dumb within darknesses. Whomever Allah wills - He leaves astray; and whomever He wills - He puts him on a straight path.

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.

  • Ar-Room 30:532 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَنتَ بِهَٰدِ ٱلْعُمْىِ عَن ضَلَٰلَتِهِمْ إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُم مُّسْلِمُونَ

    ع-م-يض-ل-ل

  • An-Naml 27:812 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَنتَ بِهَٰدِى ٱلْعُمْىِ عَن ضَلَٰلَتِهِمْ إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُم مُّسْلِمُونَ

    ع-م-يض-ل-ل

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:403 shared roots

    أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ أَوْ تَهْدِى ٱلْعُمْىَ وَمَن كَانَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ع-م-يض-ل-لك-و-ن

  • Al-Qalam 68:72 shared roots

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

    س-ب-لض-ل-ل

  • Al-An'aam 6:1172 shared roots

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مَن يَضِلُّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

    س-ب-لض-ل-ل

  • Yunus 10:432 shared roots

    وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَنظُرُ إِلَيْكَ أَفَأَنتَ تَهْدِى ٱلْعُمْىَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

    ع-م-يك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 17:72?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 17:72 include Quran 10:43 (Surah Yunus), Quran 20:124 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 40:58 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), and Quran 6:104 (Surah Al-An'aam). For example, 10:43 reads: “And among them are those who look at you. But can you guide the blind although they will not [attempt to] see?” 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 17:72 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 17:72 (Surah Al-Israa, The Night Journey) reads: “And whoever is blind in this [life] will be blind in the Hereafter and more astray in way.”

Which surah is verse 17:72 in?

Quran 17:72 is āyah 72 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 17:72?

Tartīl presents Quran 17:72 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.