Surah Yunus · Ayah 5·Makkī

5

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَا ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا ﴿٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

It is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a derived light and determined for it phases - that you may know the number of years and account [of time]. Allah has not created this except in truth. He details the signs for a people who know

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

ماه؛ تقویمی دقیق

اگر می‌بینیم ماه از نخستین شب که هلال باریکی بیش نیستء رو به افزایش می‌رود تا حدود نیمه ماه و از آن پس به تدریج نقصان می‌یابد تا یکی دو روز آخر ماه و سپس در تاریکی محض فرو می‌رود و بار دیگر به شکل هلال ظاهر می‌گردد و همان منزلگاه‌های پیشین را طی می‌کندء این دگرگونی عبث و بی‌هوده نیست؛ بلکه یک تقویم بسیار دقیق و زندةٌ طبیعی است که عالم و جاهل می‌توانند آن را بخوانند و حساب تاریخ کارها و امور زندگی خود را نگه دارند و این اضافه بر نوری است که از آن به ما > **پانوشت صفحه (منابع):** > ۱ نمونه چ۸» ص ۲۱۲ ۲- پیشین» ص ۲۱۶ ۳ المیزان» ج۰ ص ۱۹ > ۴ و ۵ -نمونه چ۸» ص ۲۱۹ ۶- پیشین» ص ۲۲۴ > ۲- پیشین» ص ۲۱۶ > ء- پیشین، ص ٢٢٣ > ۳ المیزان» ج۰۱۰ ص ۱۹ > **Cited sources** (grade before any load-bearing use): Tafsīr Nemūneh, al-Mīzān.

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 · 17 roots in 18 of 23 words

Rarest here: ض-و-أ 6× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 27 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī12
  • Lām shamsiyyah7
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

23 words · 101 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 5 of 109

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.

  • ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى رَفَعَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى يُدَبِّرُ ٱلْأَمْرَ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ لَعَلَّكُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّكُمْ تُوقِنُونَ

    It is Allah who erected the heavens without pillars that you [can] see; then He established Himself above the Throne and made subject the sun and the moon, each running [its…

  • هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

    It is He who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what…

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

    And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostate to Allah, who created them, if it should be Him that you…

  • خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ يُكَوِّرُ ٱلَّيْلَ عَلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ ٱلنَّهَارَ عَلَى ٱلَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى أَلَا هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّٰرُ

    He created the heavens and earth in truth. He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a…

  • أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِىٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ

    Do you not see that Allah causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified…

  • إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ ٱلْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلْأَرْحَامِ وَمَا تَدْرِى نَفْسٌ مَّاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا وَمَا تَدْرِى نَفْسٌۢ بِأَىِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌۢ

    Indeed, Allah [alone] has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs. And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in…

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.

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:53 shared roots

    ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ

    ق-م-رش-م-سح-س-ب

  • Al-Israa 17:125 shared roots

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَايَتَيْنِ فَمَحَوْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَصَّلْنَٰهُ تَفْصِيلًا

    س-ن-وف-ص-لع-د-دح-س-بج-ع-ل

  • Nooh 71:164 shared roots

    وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا

    ق-م-رش-م-سن-و-رج-ع-ل

  • Al-Qiyaama 75:92 shared roots

    وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

    ق-م-رش-م-س

  • Al-An'aam 6:965 shared roots

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

    ق-م-رش-م-سح-س-بق-د-رج-ع-ل

  • Fussilat 41:375 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-سخ-ل-قأ-ي-يأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 10:5?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 10:5 include Quran 13:2 (Surah Ar-Ra'd), Quran 57:4 (Surah Al-Hadid), Quran 41:37 (Surah Fussilat), and Quran 39:5 (Surah Az-Zumar). For example, 13:2 reads: “It is Allah who erected the heavens without pillars that you [can] see; then He established Himself above the Throne and made subject the sun and the moon, each running [its…” 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 10:5 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 10:5 (Surah Yunus, Jonas) reads: “It is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a derived light and determined for it phases - that you may know the number of years and account [of time]. Allah has not created this except in truth. He details the signs for a people who know”

Which surah is verse 10:5 in?

Quran 10:5 is āyah 5 of Surah Yunus (Jonas), chapter 10 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 109 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 10:5?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 10:5 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 10:5?

Tartīl presents Quran 10:5 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.