Surah Al-Balad · Ayah 17·Makkī

17

ثُمَّ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ﴿١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

Compare all 34 translations →

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 · 5 roots in 6 of 9 words

Recitation · 11 points across 5 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 46 letters · āyah 17 of 20

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 103:3 · Al-Asrvery close

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ

    Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.

  • Quran 42:43 · Ash-Shuravery close

    وَلَمَن صَبَرَ وَغَفَرَ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمِنْ عَزْمِ ٱلْأُمُورِ

    And whoever is patient and forgives - indeed, that is of the matters [requiring] determination.

  • Quran 103:2 · Al-Asrclose

    إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ

    Indeed, mankind is in loss,

  • Quran 16:42 · An-Nahlclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ

    [They are] those who endured patiently and upon their Lord relied.

  • Quran 13:22 · Ar-Ra'dclose

    وَٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَنفَقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ سِرًّا وَعَلَانِيَةً وَيَدْرَءُونَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عُقْبَى ٱلدَّارِ

    And those who are patient, seeking the countenance of their Lord, and establish prayer and spend from what We have provided for them secretly and publicly and prevent evil with…

  • Quran 70:22 · Al-Ma'aarijclose

    إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

    Except the observers of prayer -

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.

  • Al-Asr 103:33 shared roots

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ

    و-ص-يص-ب-رأ-م-ن

  • Al-Hujuraat 49:53 shared roots

    وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ صَبَرُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ تَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    ص-ب-رر-ح-مك-و-ن

  • Al-Baqara 2:1822 shared roots

    فَمَنْ خَافَ مِن مُّوصٍ جَنَفًا أَوْ إِثْمًا فَأَصْلَحَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    و-ص-ير-ح-م

  • An-Nisaa 4:1312 shared roots

    وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَقَدْ وَصَّيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ أَنِ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَإِن تَكْفُرُوا۟ فَإِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَنِيًّا حَمِيدًا

    و-ص-يك-و-ن

  • An-Naml 27:772 shared roots

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    ر-ح-مأ-م-ن

  • Maryam 19:312 shared roots

    وَجَعَلَنِى مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُ وَأَوْصَٰنِى بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا

    و-ص-يك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 90:17?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 90:17 include Quran 103:3 (Surah Al-Asr), Quran 42:43 (Surah Ash-Shura), Quran 103:2 (Surah Al-Asr), and Quran 16:42 (Surah An-Nahl). For example, 103:3 reads: “Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.” 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 90:17 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 90:17 (Surah Al-Balad, The City) reads: “And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.”

Which surah is verse 90:17 in?

Quran 90:17 is āyah 17 of Surah Al-Balad (The City), chapter 90 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 20 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 90:17?

Tartīl presents Quran 90:17 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.