Surah Al-Israa · Ayah 2·Makkī

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مُوسَى إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَلَّا مِن ﴿٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel that you not take other than Me as Disposer of affairs,

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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 · 8 roots in 8 of 12 words

Recitation · 19 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī14
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 55 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 2 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 32:23 · As-Sajdavery close

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ فَلَا تَكُن فِى مِرْيَةٍ مِّن لِّقَآئِهِۦ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُ هُدًى لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

    And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture, so do not be in doubt over his meeting. And we made the Torah guidance for the Children of Israel.

  • Quran 40:53 · Al-Ghaafirvery close

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَأَوْرَثْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ

    And We had certainly given Moses guidance, and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit the Scripture

  • Quran 23:49 · Al-Muminoonvery close

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

    And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture that perhaps they would be guided.

  • Quran 2:53 · Al-Baqaravery close

    وَإِذْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْفُرْقَانَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

    And [recall] when We gave Moses the Scripture and criterion that perhaps you would be guided.

  • Quran 18:66 · Al-Kahfvery close

    قَالَ لَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًا

    Moses said to him, "May I follow you on [the condition] that you teach me from what you have been taught of sound judgement?"

  • Quran 25:35 · Al-Furqaanclose

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَا مَعَهُۥٓ أَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ وَزِيرًا

    And We had certainly given Moses the Scripture and appointed with him his brother Aaron as an assistant.

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-Muminoon 23:493 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

    ه-د-يك-ت-بأ-ت-ي

  • Ash-Shura 42:63 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ٱللَّهُ حَفِيظٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِوَكِيلٍ

    و-ك-لد-و-نأ-خ-ذ

  • As-Sajda 32:235 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ فَلَا تَكُن فِى مِرْيَةٍ مِّن لِّقَآئِهِۦ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُ هُدًى لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

    ب-ن-يه-د-يك-ت-بج-ع-لأ-ت-ي

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:534 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَأَوْرَثْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ

    ب-ن-يه-د-يك-ت-بأ-ت-ي

  • Az-Zumar 39:413 shared roots

    إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ لِلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِوَكِيلٍ

    و-ك-له-د-يك-ت-ب

  • Yaseen 36:742 shared roots

    وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

    د-و-نأ-خ-ذ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 17:2?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 17:2 include Quran 32:23 (Surah As-Sajda), Quran 40:53 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), Quran 23:49 (Surah Al-Muminoon), and Quran 2:53 (Surah Al-Baqara). For example, 32:23 reads: “And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture, so do not be in doubt over his meeting. And we made the Torah guidance for the Children of Israel.” 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 17:2 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 17:2 (Surah Al-Israa, The Night Journey) reads: “And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel that you not take other than Me as Disposer of affairs,”

Which surah is verse 17:2 in?

Quran 17:2 is āyah 2 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 17:2?

Tartīl presents Quran 17:2 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.