Surah Ar-Rahmaan · Ayah 5·Madanī

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Translation

Saheeh International

The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,

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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 · 5 points across 4 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 17 letters · āyah 5 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 16:12 · An-Nahlclose

    وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ وَٱلنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَٰتٌۢ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

    And He has subjected for you the night and day and the sun and moon, and the stars are subjected by His command. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.

  • Quran 91:1 · Ash-Shamsclose

    وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

    By the sun and its brightness

  • Quran 6:77 · Al-An'aamclose

    فَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلْقَمَرَ بَازِغًا قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّى فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَئِن لَّمْ يَهْدِنِى رَبِّى لَأَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

    And when he saw the moon rising, he said, "This is my lord." But when it set, he said, "Unless my Lord guides me, I will surely be among the people gone astray."

  • Quran 36:38 · Yaseenclose

    وَٱلشَّمْسُ تَجْرِى لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَّهَا ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ

    And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

  • Quran 13:3 · Ar-Ra'dclose

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَدَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنْهَٰرًا وَمِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ جَعَلَ فِيهَا زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ يُغْشِى ٱلَّيْلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

    And it is He who spread the earth and placed therein firmly set mountains and rivers; and from all of the fruits He made therein two mates; He causes the night to cover the day…

  • Quran 25:61 · Al-Furqaanclose

    تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجًا وَقَمَرًا مُّنِيرًا

    Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon.

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-Qiyaama 75:92 shared roots

    وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

    ق-م-رش-م-س

  • Nooh 71:162 shared roots

    وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا

    ق-م-رش-م-س

  • Al-An'aam 6:963 shared roots

    فَالِقُ ٱلْإِصْبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ سَكَنًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ حُسْبَانًا ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ

    ق-م-رش-م-سح-س-ب

  • Fussilat 41:372 shared roots

    وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلَّيْلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ وَٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ لَا تَسْجُدُوا۟ لِلشَّمْسِ وَلَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

    ق-م-رش-م-س

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:612 shared roots

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

    ق-م-رش-م-س

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:332 shared roots

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ

    ق-م-رش-م-س

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 55:5?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 55:5 include Quran 16:12 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 91:1 (Surah Ash-Shams), Quran 6:77 (Surah Al-An'aam), and Quran 36:38 (Surah Yaseen). For example, 16:12 reads: “And He has subjected for you the night and day and the sun and moon, and the stars are subjected by His command. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.” 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 55:5 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 55:5 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan, The Beneficent) reads: “The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,”

Which surah is verse 55:5 in?

Quran 55:5 is āyah 5 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 55:5?

Tartīl presents Quran 55:5 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.