Surah Al-Hajj · Ayah 66·Madanī

66

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ثُمَّ ثُمَّ إِنَّ ﴿٦٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And He is the one who gave you life; then He causes you to die and then will [again] give you life. Indeed, mankind is ungrateful.

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Tafsīr

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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 10 words

Recitation · 15 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd munfaṣil6
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Ghunnah3
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 42 letters · āyah 66 of 78

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 10:56 · Yunusvery close

    هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    He gives life and causes death, and to Him you will be returned

  • Quran 40:68 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.

  • Quran 67:2 · Al-Mulkclose

    ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَٱلْحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفُورُ

    [He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving -

  • Quran 23:80 · Al-Muminoonclose

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَلَهُ ٱخْتِلَٰفُ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

    And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason?

  • Quran 44:8 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death. [He is] your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers.

  • Quran 100:7 · Al-Aadiyaatclose

    وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ

    And indeed, he is to that a witness.

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 22:66?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 22:66 include Quran 10:56 (Surah Yunus), Quran 40:68 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), Quran 67:2 (Surah Al-Mulk), and Quran 23:80 (Surah Al-Muminoon). For example, 10:56 reads: “He gives life and causes death, and to Him you will be returned” 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 22:66 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 22:66 (Surah Al-Hajj, The Pilgrimage) reads: “And He is the one who gave you life; then He causes you to die and then will [again] give you life. Indeed, mankind is ungrateful.”

Which surah is verse 22:66 in?

Quran 22:66 is āyah 66 of Surah Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage), chapter 22 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 78 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 22:66?

Tartīl presents Quran 22:66 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.