Surah An-Najm · Ayah 5·Makkī

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Translation

Saheeh International

Taught to him by one intense in strength -

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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 3 words

Recitation · 3 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 13 letters · āyah 5 of 62

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 80:3 · Abasaclose

    وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

    But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified

  • Quran 74:17 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

    I will cover him with arduous torment.

  • Quran 6:18 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَهُوَ ٱلْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِهِۦ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ

    And He is the subjugator over His servants. And He is the Wise, the Acquainted [with all].

  • Quran 18:89 · Al-Kahfclose

    ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا

    Then he followed a way

  • Quran 81:24 · At-Takwirclose

    وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

    And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

  • Quran 53:10 · An-Najmclose

    فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ

    And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.

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-Naml 27:332 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أُو۟لُوا۟ قُوَّةٍ وَأُو۟لُوا۟ بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ وَٱلْأَمْرُ إِلَيْكِ فَٱنظُرِى مَاذَا تَأْمُرِينَ

    ق-و-يش-د-د

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:222 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانَت تَّأْتِيهِمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَكَفَرُوا۟ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ قَوِىٌّ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ

    ق-و-يش-د-د

  • Muhammad 47:132 shared roots

    وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ هِىَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِّن قَرْيَتِكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَخْرَجَتْكَ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمْ

    ق-و-يش-د-د

  • Hud 11:802 shared roots

    قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِى بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ ءَاوِىٓ إِلَىٰ رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ

    ق-و-يش-د-د

  • Faatir 35:443 shared roots

    أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَكَانُوٓا۟ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعْجِزَهُۥ مِن شَىْءٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَلِيمًا قَدِيرًا

    ق-و-يش-د-دع-ل-م

  • Al-Qasas 28:783 shared roots

    قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عِندِىٓ أَوَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ أَهْلَكَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مَنْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ قُوَّةً وَأَكْثَرُ جَمْعًا وَلَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذُنُوبِهِمُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

    ق-و-يش-د-دع-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 53:5?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 53:5 include Quran 80:3 (Surah Abasa), Quran 74:17 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), Quran 6:18 (Surah Al-An'aam), and Quran 18:89 (Surah Al-Kahf). For example, 80:3 reads: “But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified” 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 53:5 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 53:5 (Surah An-Najm, The Star) reads: “Taught to him by one intense in strength -”

Which surah is verse 53:5 in?

Quran 53:5 is āyah 5 of Surah An-Najm (The Star), chapter 53 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 62 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 53:5?

Tartīl presents Quran 53:5 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.