Surah At-Takwir · Ayah 23·Makkī

23

وَلَقَدْ ﴿٢٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

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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 4 words

Rarest here: أ-ف-ق — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 6 points across 4 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Lām qamariyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 20 letters · āyah 23 of 29

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 53:3 · An-Najmvery close

    وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ

    Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

  • Quran 20:46 · Taa-Haaclose

    قَالَ لَا تَخَافَآ إِنَّنِى مَعَكُمَآ أَسْمَعُ وَأَرَىٰ

    [Allah] said, "Fear not. Indeed, I am with you both; I hear and I see.

  • Quran 7:184 · Al-A'raafclose

    أَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ مَا بِصَاحِبِهِم مِّن جِنَّةٍ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

    Then do they not give thought? There is in their companion [Muhammad] no madness. He is not but a clear warner.

  • Quran 53:34 · An-Najmclose

    وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ

    And gave a little and [then] refrained?

  • Quran 23:92 · Al-Muminoonclose

    عَٰلِمِ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

    [He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, so high is He above what they associate [with Him].

  • Quran 93:2 · Ad-Dhuhaaclose

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ

    And [by] the night when it covers with darkness,

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.

  • Fussilat 41:533 shared roots

    سَنُرِيهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا فِى ٱلْـَٔافَاقِ وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

    أ-ف-قر-أ-يب-ي-ن

  • Al-A'raaf 7:602 shared roots

    قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ر-أ-يب-ي-ن

  • Luqman 31:112 shared roots

    هَٰذَا خَلْقُ ٱللَّهِ فَأَرُونِى مَاذَا خَلَقَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِۦ بَلِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ر-أ-يب-ي-ن

  • Yaseen 36:772 shared roots

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ

    ر-أ-يب-ي-ن

  • Al-An'aam 6:742 shared roots

    وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ ءَازَرَ أَتَتَّخِذُ أَصْنَامًا ءَالِهَةً إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكَ وَقَوْمَكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ر-أ-يب-ي-ن

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:232 shared roots

    أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَىٰ كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

    ر-أ-يب-ي-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 81:23?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 81:23 include Quran 53:3 (Surah An-Najm), Quran 20:46 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 7:184 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 53:34 (Surah An-Najm). For example, 53:3 reads: “Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.” 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 81:23 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 81:23 (Surah At-Takwir, The Overthrowing) reads: “And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.”

Which surah is verse 81:23 in?

Quran 81:23 is āyah 23 of Surah At-Takwir (The Overthrowing), chapter 81 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 29 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 81:23?

Tartīl presents Quran 81:23 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.