Surah Al-Israa · Ayah 103·Makkī

103

أَن مِّنَ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ ﴿١٠٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So he intended to drive them from the land, but We drowned him and those with him all together.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 9 words

Rarest here: ف-ز-ز 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 13 points across 7 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Idghām shafawī1
  • Ghunnah2
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 39 letters · āyah 103 of 111

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.

  • وَنَصَرْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    And We saved him from the people who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a people of evil, so We drowned them, all together.

  • فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    So We took him and his soldiers and threw them into the sea. So see how was the end of the wrongdoers.

  • فَلَمَّآ ءَاسَفُونَا ٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.

  • فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ

    So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.

  • فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ مَكْرِهِمْ أَنَّا دَمَّرْنَٰهُمْ وَقَوْمَهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    Then look how was the outcome of their plan - that We destroyed them and their people, all.

  • وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

    And We saved Moses and those with him, all together.

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-Israa 17:762 shared roots

    وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا وَإِذًا لَّا يَلْبَثُونَ خِلَٰفَكَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

    ف-ز-زأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Israa 17:762 shared roots

    وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا وَإِذًا لَّا يَلْبَثُونَ خِلَٰفَكَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

    ف-ز-زأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:772 shared roots

    وَنَصَرْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    غ-ر-قج-م-ع

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:552 shared roots

    فَلَمَّآ ءَاسَفُونَا ٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    غ-ر-قج-م-ع

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:142 shared roots

    وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

    ج-م-عأ-ر-ض

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1102 shared roots

    يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُمْ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ

    ر-و-دأ-ر-ض

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 17:103?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 17:103 include Quran 21:77 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 28:40 (Surah Al-Qasas), Quran 43:55 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), and Quran 51:40 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat). For example, 21:77 reads: “And We saved him from the people who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a people of evil, so We drowned them, all together.” 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 17:103 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 17:103 (Surah Al-Israa, The Night Journey) reads: “So he intended to drive them from the land, but We drowned him and those with him all together.”

Which surah is verse 17:103 in?

Quran 17:103 is āyah 103 of Surah Al-Israa (The Night Journey), chapter 17 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 111 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 17:103?

Tartīl presents Quran 17:103 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.