Surah Al-Muzzammil · Ayah 17·Makkī

17

إِن ﴿١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Then how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white- haired?

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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 8 words

Rarest here: ش-ي-ب — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 9 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 34 letters · āyah 17 of 20

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 22:55 · Al-Hajjclose

    وَلَا يَزَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى مِرْيَةٍ مِّنْهُ حَتَّىٰ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَقِيمٍ

    But those who disbelieve will not cease to be in doubt of it until the Hour comes upon them unexpectedly or there comes to them the punishment of a barren Day.

  • Quran 19:39 · Maryamclose

    وَأَنذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْحَسْرَةِ إِذْ قُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    And warn them, [O Muhammad], of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded; and [yet], they are in [a state of] heedlessness, and they do not believe.

  • Quran 6:51 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَأَنذِرْ بِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ أَن يُحْشَرُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ لَيْسَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ وَلِىٌّ وَلَا شَفِيعٌ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

    And warn by the Qur'an those who fear that they will be gathered before their Lord - for them besides Him will be no protector and no intercessor - that they might become…

  • Quran 76:10 · Al-Insaanclose

    إِنَّا نَخَافُ مِن رَّبِّنَا يَوْمًا عَبُوسًا قَمْطَرِيرًا

    Indeed, We fear from our Lord a Day austere and distressful."

  • Quran 37:178 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

    And leave them for a time.

  • Quran 77:40 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

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 30:542 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن ضَعْفٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ضَعْفٍ قُوَّةً ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ ضَعْفًا وَشَيْبَةً يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ

    ش-ي-بج-ع-ل

  • Faatir 35:262 shared roots

    ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ

    ك-ي-فك-ف-ر

  • Ibrahim 14:412 shared roots

    رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْحِسَابُ

    و-ل-دي-و-م

  • Maryam 19:772 shared roots

    أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَقَالَ لَأُوتَيَنَّ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا

    و-ل-دك-ف-ر

  • Yunus 10:142 shared roots

    ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَٰكُمْ خَلَٰٓئِفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ لِنَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ

    ك-ي-فج-ع-ل

  • Al-Baqara 2:282 shared roots

    كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَٰتًا فَأَحْيَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    ك-ي-فك-ف-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 73:17?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 73:17 include Quran 22:55 (Surah Al-Hajj), Quran 19:39 (Surah Maryam), Quran 6:51 (Surah Al-An'aam), and Quran 76:10 (Surah Al-Insaan). For example, 22:55 reads: “But those who disbelieve will not cease to be in doubt of it until the Hour comes upon them unexpectedly or there comes to them the punishment of a barren Day.” 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 73:17 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 73:17 (Surah Al-Muzzammil, The Enshrouded One) reads: “Then how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white- haired?”

Which surah is verse 73:17 in?

Quran 73:17 is āyah 17 of Surah Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One), chapter 73 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 20 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 73:17?

Tartīl presents Quran 73:17 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.