Surah Al-Waaqia · Ayah 17·Makkī

17

عَلَيْهِمْ ﴿١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

There will circulate among them young boys made eternal

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 4 words

Recitation · 6 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 19 letters · āyah 17 of 96

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 76:18 · Al-Insaanclose

    عَيْنًا فِيهَا تُسَمَّىٰ سَلْسَبِيلًا

    [From] a fountain within Paradise named Salsabeel.

  • Quran 37:44 · As-Saaffaatclose

    عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

    On thrones facing one another.

  • Quran 76:19 · Al-Insaanclose

    وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ حَسِبْتَهُمْ لُؤْلُؤًا مَّنثُورًا

    There will circulate among them young boys made eternal. When you see them, you would think them [as beautiful as] scattered pearls.

  • Quran 56:12 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    In the Gardens of Pleasure,

  • Quran 38:52 · Saadclose

    وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ أَتْرَابٌ

    And with them will be women limiting [their] glances and of equal age.

  • Quran 52:25 · At-Turrelated

    وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.

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-Insaan 76:193 shared roots

    وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ حَسِبْتَهُمْ لُؤْلُؤًا مَّنثُورًا

    ط-و-فو-ل-دخ-ل-د

  • Al-Mujaadila 58:172 shared roots

    لَّن تُغْنِىَ عَنْهُمْ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَٰدُهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

    و-ل-دخ-ل-د

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1162 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَن تُغْنِىَ عَنْهُمْ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَٰدُهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

    و-ل-دخ-ل-د

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:712 shared roots

    يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِصِحَافٍ مِّن ذَهَبٍ وَأَكْوَابٍ وَفِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ ٱلْأَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ ٱلْأَعْيُنُ وَأَنتُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

    ط-و-فخ-ل-د

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 56:17?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 56:17 include Quran 76:18 (Surah Al-Insaan), Quran 37:44 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 76:19 (Surah Al-Insaan), and Quran 56:12 (Surah Al-Waaqia). For example, 76:18 reads: “[From] a fountain within Paradise named Salsabeel.” 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 56:17 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 56:17 (Surah Al-Waaqia, The Inevitable) reads: “There will circulate among them young boys made eternal”

Which surah is verse 56:17 in?

Quran 56:17 is āyah 17 of Surah Al-Waaqia (The Inevitable), chapter 56 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 96 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 56:17?

Tartīl presents Quran 56:17 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.