Surah Al-Ahqaf · Ayah 17·Makkī

17

وَٱلَّذِى لَّكُمَآ أَنْ وَقَدْ مِن وَهُمَا وَيْلَكَ إِنَّ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ ﴿١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

But one who says to his parents, "Uff to you; do you promise me that I will be brought forth [from the earth] when generations before me have already passed on [into oblivion]?" while they call to Allah for help [and to their son], "Woe to you! Believe! Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth." But he says, "This is not but legends of the former people" -

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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 · 14 roots in 17 of 28 words

Rarest here: أ-ف-ف 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 34 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī17
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)5
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Qalqalah2
  • Lām qamariyyah4
  • Ghunnah1
  • Light Allāh2

Commentary

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

Shape

28 words · 112 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 17 of 35

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.

  • أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَٰلِقِينَ

    Do you call upon Ba'l and leave the best of creators -

  • فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعْىَ قَالَ يَٰبُنَىَّ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ فِى ٱلْمَنَامِ أَنِّىٓ أَذْبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ قَالَ يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ

    And when he reached with him [the age of] exertion, he said, "O my son, indeed I have seen in a dream that I [must] sacrifice you, so see what you think." He said, "O my father…

  • وَيُنذِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَدًا

    And to warn those who say, "Allah has taken a son."

  • قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ

    [Allah] said, "Indeed, you are of those reprieved."

  • قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَ

    Say, "Indeed, those who invent falsehood about Allah will not succeed."

  • قَالَ لَنْ أُرْسِلَهُۥ مَعَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَتَأْتُنَّنِى بِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن يُحَاطَ بِكُمْ فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ

    [Jacob] said, "Never will I send him with you until you give me a promise by Allah that you will bring him [back] to me, unless you should be surrounded by enemies." And when they…

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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.

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    س-ط-رأ-و-لو-ع-دق-ب-ل

  • Al-Muminoon 23:834 shared roots

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    س-ط-رأ-و-لو-ع-دق-ب-ل

  • An-Nahl 16:243 shared roots

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُم مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    س-ط-رأ-و-لق-و-ل

  • Al-Mutaffifin 83:133 shared roots

    إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    س-ط-رأ-و-لق-و-ل

  • Al-Qalam 68:153 shared roots

    إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    س-ط-رأ-و-لق-و-ل

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:672 shared roots

    أُفٍّ لَّكُمْ وَلِمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

    أ-ف-فأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 46:17?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 46:17 include Quran 37:125 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 37:102 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 18:4 (Surah Al-Kahf), and Quran 7:15 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 37:125 reads: “Do you call upon Ba'l and leave the best of creators -” 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 46:17 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 46:17 (Surah Al-Ahqaf, The Dunes) reads: “But one who says to his parents, "Uff to you; do you promise me that I will be brought forth [from the earth] when generations before me have already passed on [into oblivion]?" while they call to Allah for help [and to their son], "Woe to you! Believe!…”

Which surah is verse 46:17 in?

Quran 46:17 is āyah 17 of Surah Al-Ahqaf (The Dunes), chapter 46 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 35 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 46:17?

Tartīl presents Quran 46:17 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.