Surah Al-Muminoon · Ayah 17·Makkī

17

وَلَقَدْ وَمَا عَنِ ﴿١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We have created above you seven layered heavens, and never have We been of [Our] creation unaware.

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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 · 6 roots in 7 of 10 words

Recitation · 12 points across 6 rule families

  • Qalqalah3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 40 letters · āyah 17 of 118

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 71:15 · Noohclose

    أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا

    Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers

  • Quran 78:11 · An-Nabaclose

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

    And made the day for livelihood

  • Quran 51:47 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

    And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.

  • Quran 78:13 · An-Nabaclose

    وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

    And made [therein] a burning lamp

  • Quran 78:7 · An-Nabaclose

    وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

    And the mountains as stakes?

  • Quran 56:58 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ

    Have you seen that which you emit?

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-Naba 78:122 shared roots

    وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

    س-ب-عف-و-ق

  • An-Nisaa 4:1682 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَظَلَمُوا۟ لَمْ يَكُنِ ٱللَّهُ لِيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ وَلَا لِيَهْدِيَهُمْ طَرِيقًا

    ط-ر-قك-و-ن

  • Al-Baqara 2:292 shared roots

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَسَوَّىٰهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

    س-ب-عخ-ل-ق

  • An-Nisaa 4:1692 shared roots

    إِلَّا طَرِيقَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرًا

    ط-ر-قك-و-ن

  • Al-Jinn 72:112 shared roots

    وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ كُنَّا طَرَآئِقَ قِدَدًا

    ط-ر-قك-و-ن

  • Nooh 71:152 shared roots

    أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا

    س-ب-عخ-ل-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 23:17?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 23:17 include Quran 71:15 (Surah Nooh), Quran 78:11 (Surah An-Naba), Quran 51:47 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), and Quran 78:13 (Surah An-Naba). For example, 71:15 reads: “Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers” 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 23:17 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 23:17 (Surah Al-Muminoon, The Believers) reads: “And We have created above you seven layered heavens, and never have We been of [Our] creation unaware.”

Which surah is verse 23:17 in?

Quran 23:17 is āyah 17 of Surah Al-Muminoon (The Believers), chapter 23 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 118 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 23:17?

Tartīl presents Quran 23:17 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.