Surah Ad-Dukhaan · Ayah 17·Makkī

17

وَلَقَدْ فِرْعَوْنَ ﴿١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger,

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 8 words

Recitation · 11 points across 6 rule families

  • Qalqalah2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 35 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 17 of 59

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 44:32 · Ad-Dukhaanvery close

    وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds.

  • Quran 7:112 · Al-A'raafclose

    يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَٰحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ

    Who will bring you every learned magician."

  • Quran 29:39 · Al-Ankabootclose

    وَقَٰرُونَ وَفِرْعَوْنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ سَٰبِقِينَ

    And [We destroyed] Qarun and Pharaoh and Haman. And Moses had already come to them with clear evidences, and they were arrogant in the land, but they were not outrunners [of Our…

  • Quran 15:10 · Al-Hijrclose

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples.

  • Quran 6:42 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ

    And We have already sent [messengers] to nations before you, [O Muhammad]; then We seized them with poverty and hardship that perhaps they might humble themselves [to Us].

  • Quran 26:16 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers of the Lord of the worlds,

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.

  • At-Takwir 81:192 shared roots

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

    ك-ر-مر-س-ل

  • Al-Haaqqa 69:402 shared roots

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

    ك-ر-مر-س-ل

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:32 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

    ف-ت-نق-ب-ل

  • Taa-Haa 20:903 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَٰرُونُ مِن قَبْلُ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنتُم بِهِۦ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ فَٱتَّبِعُونِى وَأَطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرِى

    ف-ت-نق-ب-لق-و-م

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:262 shared roots

    وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

    ك-ر-مق-و-م

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:262 shared roots

    وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

    ك-ر-مق-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 44:17?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 44:17 include Quran 44:32 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), Quran 7:112 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 29:39 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), and Quran 15:10 (Surah Al-Hijr). For example, 44:32 reads: “And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds.” 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 44:17 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 44:17 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan, The Smoke) reads: “And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger,”

Which surah is verse 44:17 in?

Quran 44:17 is āyah 17 of Surah Ad-Dukhaan (The Smoke), chapter 44 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 59 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 44:17?

Tartīl presents Quran 44:17 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.