Surah Ar-Rahmaan · Ayah 17·Madanī

17

﴿١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.

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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 4 of 4 words

Recitation · 6 points across 2 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ4
  • Lām qamariyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 21 letters · āyah 17 of 78

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 55:31 · Ar-Rahmaanvery close

    سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ

    We will attend to you, O prominent beings.

  • Quran 55:72 · Ar-Rahmaanvery close

    حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ

    Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

  • Quran 55:74 · Ar-Rahmaanvery close

    لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ

    Untouched before them by man or jinni -

  • Quran 55:48 · Ar-Rahmaanvery close

    ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ

    Having [spreading] branches.

  • Quran 55:70 · Ar-Rahmaanvery close

    فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ

    In them are good and beautiful women -

  • Quran 55:50 · Ar-Rahmaanvery close

    فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ

    In both of them are two springs, flowing.

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-Muzzammil 73:93 shared roots

    رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا

    غ-ر-بش-ر-قر-ب-ب

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:283 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

    غ-ر-بش-ر-قر-ب-ب

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:403 shared roots

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ

    غ-ر-بش-ر-قر-ب-ب

  • Al-Baqara 2:1152 shared roots

    وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَشْرِقُ وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا۟ فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

    غ-ر-بش-ر-ق

  • Al-Baqara 2:1422 shared roots

    سَيَقُولُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَا وَلَّىٰهُمْ عَن قِبْلَتِهِمُ ٱلَّتِى كَانُوا۟ عَلَيْهَا قُل لِّلَّهِ ٱلْمَشْرِقُ وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

    غ-ر-بش-ر-ق

  • As-Saaffaat 37:52 shared roots

    رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ

    ش-ر-قر-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 55:17?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 55:17 include Quran 55:31 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan), Quran 55:72 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan), Quran 55:74 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan), and Quran 55:48 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan). For example, 55:31 reads: “We will attend to you, O prominent beings.” 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 55:17 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 55:17 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan, The Beneficent) reads: “[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.”

Which surah is verse 55:17 in?

Quran 55:17 is āyah 17 of Surah Ar-Rahmaan (The Beneficent), chapter 55 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 78 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 55:17?

Tartīl presents Quran 55:17 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.