Surah Muhammad · Ayah 17·Madanī

17

وَٱلَّذِينَ ﴿١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And those who are guided - He increases them in guidance and gives them their righteousness.

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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 · 4 roots in 5 of 6 words

Recitation · 9 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 33 letters · āyah 17 of 38

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 19:76 · Maryamclose

    وَيَزِيدُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱهْتَدَوْا۟ هُدًى وَٱلْبَٰقِيَٰتُ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ مَّرَدًّا

    And Allah increases those who were guided, in guidance, and the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for recourse.

  • Quran 2:157 · Al-Baqaraclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَٰتٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُهْتَدُونَ

    Those are the ones upon whom are blessings from their Lord and mercy. And it is those who are the [rightly] guided.

  • Quran 68:7 · Al-Qalamclose

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

    Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.

  • Quran 18:88 · Al-Kahfclose

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا فَلَهُۥ جَزَآءً ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ وَسَنَقُولُ لَهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا يُسْرًا

    But as for one who believes and does righteousness, he will have a reward of Paradise, and we will speak to him from our command with ease."

  • Quran 28:56 · Al-Qasasclose

    إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِى مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

    Indeed, [O Muhammad], you do not guide whom you like, but Allah guides whom He wills. And He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.

  • Quran 20:122 · Taa-Haaclose

    ثُمَّ ٱجْتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ وَهَدَىٰ

    Then his Lord chose him and turned to him in forgiveness and guided [him].

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.

  • Az-Zumar 39:572 shared roots

    أَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

    و-ق-يه-د-ي

  • An-Nisaa 4:1372 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا۟ ثُمَّ ءَامَنُوا۟ ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا۟ ثُمَّ ٱزْدَادُوا۟ كُفْرًا لَّمْ يَكُنِ ٱللَّهُ لِيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ وَلَا لِيَهْدِيَهُمْ سَبِيلًۢا

    ز-ي-ده-د-ي

  • Al-Muminoon 23:492 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

    ه-د-يأ-ت-ي

  • Al-Kahf 18:132 shared roots

    نَّحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَأَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ إِنَّهُمْ فِتْيَةٌ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنَٰهُمْ هُدًى

    ز-ي-ده-د-ي

  • Al-Baqara 2:22 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

    و-ق-يه-د-ي

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1382 shared roots

    هَٰذَا بَيَانٌ لِّلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَمَوْعِظَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

    و-ق-يه-د-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 47:17?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 47:17 include Quran 19:76 (Surah Maryam), Quran 2:157 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 68:7 (Surah Al-Qalam), and Quran 18:88 (Surah Al-Kahf). For example, 19:76 reads: “And Allah increases those who were guided, in guidance, and the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for recourse.” 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 47:17 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 47:17 (Surah Muhammad, Muhammad) reads: “And those who are guided - He increases them in guidance and gives them their righteousness.”

Which surah is verse 47:17 in?

Quran 47:17 is āyah 17 of Surah Muhammad (Muhammad), chapter 47 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 38 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 47:17?

Tartīl presents Quran 47:17 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.