Surah Ar-Rahmaan · Ayah 3·Madanī

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Translation

Saheeh International

Created man,

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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 · 2 roots in 2 of 2 words

Recitation · 3 points across 3 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

2 words · 9 letters · āyah 3 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.

  • كَذَٰلِكَ يُوحِىٓ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    Thus has He revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and to those before you - Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

  • وَيُعَلِّمُهُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ

    And He will teach him writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel

  • وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًا نَّبِيًّا

    And mention in the Book [the story of] Abraham. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.

  • وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِى ٱشْتَرَىٰهُ مِن مِّصْرَ لِٱمْرَأَتِهِۦٓ أَكْرِمِى مَثْوَىٰهُ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُۥ وَلَدًا وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُۥ مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ وَٱللَّهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرِهِۦ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    And the one from Egypt who bought him said to his wife, "Make his residence comfortable. Perhaps he will benefit us, or we will adopt him as a son." And thus, We established…

  • وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُۥ بَشَرٌ لِّسَانُ ٱلَّذِى يُلْحِدُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْجَمِىٌّ وَهَٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِىٌّ مُّبِينٌ

    And We certainly know that they say, "It is only a human being who teaches the Prophet." The tongue of the one they refer to is foreign, and this Qur'an is [in] a clear Arabic…

  • ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ وَبَدَأَ خَلْقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ مِن طِينٍ

    Who perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay.

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.

  • At-Taariq 86:52 shared roots

    فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

    خ-ل-قأ-ن-س

  • At-Tin 95:42 shared roots

    لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِىٓ أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ

    خ-ل-قأ-ن-س

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:562 shared roots

    وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ

    خ-ل-قأ-ن-س

  • Maryam 19:672 shared roots

    أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْـًٔا

    خ-ل-قأ-ن-س

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:372 shared roots

    خُلِقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِنْ عَجَلٍ سَأُو۟رِيكُمْ ءَايَٰتِى فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونِ

    خ-ل-قأ-ن-س

  • Al-Baqara 2:212 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

    خ-ل-قأ-ن-س

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 55:3?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 55:3 include Quran 42:3 (Surah Ash-Shura), Quran 3:48 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 19:41 (Surah Maryam), and Quran 12:21 (Surah Yusuf). For example, 42:3 reads: “Thus has He revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and to those before you - Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.” 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 55:3 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 55:3 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan, The Beneficent) reads: “Created man,”

Which surah is verse 55:3 in?

Quran 55:3 is āyah 3 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 55:3?

Tartīl presents Quran 55:3 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.