Surah Ash-Shura · Ayah 17·Makkī

17

ٱلَّذِىٓ وَمَا لَعَلَّ ﴿١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

It is Allah who has sent down the Book in truth and [also] the balance. And what will make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

خداوند» کتاب و میزان را به حق نازل کرد

منظور از کتاب» وحیی است که مشتمل بر شریعت و دین است که بر جامعة انسانی حاکم می‌باشد. کلمةٌ میزان به معنای هر مقیاسی است که اشیا با آن سنجیده می‌شود و منظور از آن»همان دینی است که کتاب مشتمل بر آن است و از این جهت» دین را میزان نامیده که عقاید و اعمال با آن سنجیده می‌شود و در نتیجه روز قیامت هم بر طبق آن سنجش محاسبه و جزا داده می‌شود. پس میزان» دین با اصول و فروعش است. بعضی از مفسران» میزان را به پیامبر اکرم(ص) تفسیر کرده‌اند. البته این تفسیر با تفسیر اول منافاتی ندارد؛ زیرا - چنان که گفته شد - منظور از میزان» دین خدا با اصول و فروعش است و معلوم است که پیامبراکرم» مصداق تمام‌عیار اصول و فروع دین و ترازویی است که وزن دین‌داری تک تک افراد امت با آن سنجیده می‌شود و هر فردی که بیشتر به آن جناب شباهت داردء دین‌دارتر و هر فردی که کمتر شباهت دارد، دینش کمتر استا

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 · 8 roots in 8 of 11 words

Recitation · 18 points across 6 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah5
  • Madd munfaṣil8
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Light rāʾ2
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

11 words · 51 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 17 of 53

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 53:58 · An-Najmvery close

    لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ

    Of it, [from those] besides Allah, there is no remover.

  • Quran 33:63 · Al-Ahzaabvery close

    يَسْـَٔلُكَ ٱلنَّاسُ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيبًا

    People ask you concerning the Hour. Say," Knowledge of it is only with Allah. And what may make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near."

  • Quran 29:5 · Al-Ankabootvery close

    مَن كَانَ يَرْجُوا۟ لِقَآءَ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ لَـَٔاتٍ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    Whoever should hope for the meeting with Allah - indeed, the term decreed by Allah is coming. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

  • Quran 40:2 · Al-Ghaafirvery close

    تَنزِيلُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ

    The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

  • Quran 45:27 · Al-Jaathiyaclose

    وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَخْسَرُ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

    And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And the Day the Hour appears - that Day the falsifiers will lose.

  • Quran 35:31 · Faatirclose

    وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ لَخَبِيرٌۢ بَصِيرٌ

    And that which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], of the Book is the truth, confirming what was before it. Indeed, Allah, of His servants, is Acquainted and Seeing.

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-Ahzaab 33:634 shared roots

    يَسْـَٔلُكَ ٱلنَّاسُ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيبًا

    د-ر-يس-و-عق-ر-بأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Haaqqa 69:32 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

    د-ر-يح-ق-ق

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:324 shared roots

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا قُلْتُم مَّا نَدْرِى مَا ٱلسَّاعَةُ إِن نَّظُنُّ إِلَّا ظَنًّا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَ

    د-ر-يس-و-عح-ق-قأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:1092 shared roots

    فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقُلْ ءَاذَنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰ سَوَآءٍ وَإِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ

    د-ر-يق-ر-ب

  • Al-Qamar 54:12 shared roots

    ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ

    س-و-عق-ر-ب

  • Al-A'raaf 7:82 shared roots

    وَٱلْوَزْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ

    و-ز-نح-ق-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 42:17?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 42:17 include Quran 53:58 (Surah An-Najm), Quran 33:63 (Surah Al-Ahzaab), Quran 29:5 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), and Quran 40:2 (Surah Al-Ghaafir). For example, 53:58 reads: “Of it, [from those] besides Allah, there is no remover.” 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 42:17 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 42:17 (Surah Ash-Shura, Consultation) reads: “It is Allah who has sent down the Book in truth and [also] the balance. And what will make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near.”

Which surah is verse 42:17 in?

Quran 42:17 is āyah 17 of Surah Ash-Shura (Consultation), chapter 42 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 53 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 42:17?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 42:17 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 42:17?

Tartīl presents Quran 42:17 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.