Surah Al-Israa · Ayah 12·Makkī

12

مِّن ﴿١٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the number of years and the account [of time]. And everything We have set out in detail.

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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 · 16 roots in 22 of 23 words

Rarest here: م-ح-و — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 31 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī12
  • Lām shamsiyyah4
  • Ghunnah3
  • Heavy rāʾ4
  • Qalqalah2
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)5
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

23 words · 116 letters · āyah 12 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.

  • Quran 97:1 · Al-Qadrclose

    إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةِ ٱلْقَدْرِ

    Indeed, We sent the Qur'an down during the Night of Decree.

  • Quran 3:190 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

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    Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day are signs for those of understanding.

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    And made the day for livelihood

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    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ

    By the night when it covers

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    إِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيلًا

    Indeed, for you by day is prolonged occupation.

  • Quran 35:13 · Faatirclose

    يُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِن قِطْمِيرٍ

    He causes the night to enter the day, and He causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon - each running [its course] for a specified term. That is…

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.

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    ل-ي-لب-غ-يف-ض-لن-ه-رج-ع-ل

  • Yunus 10:55 shared roots

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  • Al-Ghaafir 40:615 shared roots

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    ل-ي-لف-ض-لن-ه-رب-ص-رج-ع-ل

  • Yunus 10:675 shared roots

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ

    ل-ي-لن-ه-رب-ص-رج-ع-لأ-ي-ي

  • An-Naml 27:865 shared roots

    أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ل-ي-لن-ه-رب-ص-رج-ع-لأ-ي-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 17:12?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 17:12 include Quran 97:1 (Surah Al-Qadr), Quran 3:190 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 78:11 (Surah An-Naba), and Quran 92:1 (Surah Al-Lail). For example, 97:1 reads: “Indeed, We sent the Qur'an down during the Night of Decree.” 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 17:12 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 17:12 (Surah Al-Israa, The Night Journey) reads: “And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the number of years and the account [of time]. And everything We have set out in detail.”

Which surah is verse 17:12 in?

Quran 17:12 is āyah 12 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 17:12?

Tartīl presents Quran 17:12 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.