Surah Al-Hijr · Ayah 23·Makkī

23

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ وَنَحْنُ ﴿٢٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 6 words

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 27 letters · āyah 23 of 99

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 50:43 · Qaafvery close

    إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination

  • Quran 36:12 · Yaseenclose

    إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا۟ وَءَاثَٰرَهُمْ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ فِىٓ إِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ

    Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register.

  • Quran 19:40 · Maryamclose

    إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ

    Indeed, it is We who will inherit the earth and whoever is on it, and to Us they will be returned.

  • Quran 23:37 · Al-Muminoonclose

    إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

    Life is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.

  • Quran 56:59 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ

    Is it you who creates it, or are We the Creator?

  • Quran 36:68 · Yaseenrelated

    وَمَن نُّعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ

    And he to whom We grant long life We reverse in creation; so will they not understand?

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 15:23?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 15:23 include Quran 50:43 (Surah Qaaf), Quran 36:12 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 19:40 (Surah Maryam), and Quran 23:37 (Surah Al-Muminoon). For example, 50:43 reads: “Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination” 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 15:23 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 15:23 (Surah Al-Hijr, The Rock) reads: “And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.”

Which surah is verse 15:23 in?

Quran 15:23 is āyah 23 of Surah Al-Hijr (The Rock), chapter 15 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 99 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 15:23?

Tartīl presents Quran 15:23 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.