Surah Ibrahim · Ayah 17·Makkī

17

وَلَا مِن وَمَا هُوَ وَمِن ﴿١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He will gulp it but will hardly [be able to] swallow it. And death will come to him from everywhere, but he is not to die. And before him is a massive punishment.

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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 · 10 roots in 11 of 16 words

Rarest here: ج-ر-ع used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 16 points across 4 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ5

Commentary

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

Shape

16 words · 62 letters · āyah 17 of 52

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.

  • مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

    To whom will come a torment disgracing him and on whom will descend an enduring punishment."

  • وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ

    And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid.

  • قَالَ فِيهَا تَحْيَوْنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنْهَا تُخْرَجُونَ

    He said, "Therein you will live, and therein you will die, and from it you will be brought forth."

  • ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

    Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.

  • هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.

  • فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ

    We will ease him toward difficulty.

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.

  • Luqman 31:242 shared roots

    نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ نَضْطَرُّهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ

    غ-ل-ظع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Inshiqaaq 84:102 shared roots

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ

    و-ر-يأ-ت-ي

  • Hud 11:582 shared roots

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا هُودًا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ

    غ-ل-ظع-ذ-ب

  • Taa-Haa 20:153 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا لِتُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا تَسْعَىٰ

    ك-و-دك-ل-لأ-ت-ي

  • As-Saaffaat 37:592 shared roots

    إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

    م-و-تع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Furqaan 25:422 shared roots

    إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لَوْلَآ أَن صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْعَذَابَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

    ك-و-دع-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 14:17?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 14:17 include Quran 39:40 (Surah Az-Zumar), Quran 50:19 (Surah Qaaf), Quran 7:25 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 80:21 (Surah Abasa). For example, 39:40 reads: “To whom will come a torment disgracing him and on whom will descend an enduring punishment."” 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 14:17 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 14:17 (Surah Ibrahim, Abraham) reads: “He will gulp it but will hardly [be able to] swallow it. And death will come to him from everywhere, but he is not to die. And before him is a massive punishment.”

Which surah is verse 14:17 in?

Quran 14:17 is āyah 17 of Surah Ibrahim (Abraham), chapter 14 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 52 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 14:17?

Tartīl presents Quran 14:17 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.