Surah Al-Israa · Ayah 67·Makkī

67

وَإِذَا فِى مَن إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا إِلَى ﴿٦٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when adversity touches you at sea, lost are [all] those you invoke except for Him. But when He delivers you to the land, you turn away [from Him]. And ever is man ungrateful.

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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 · 11 roots in 11 of 18 words

Recitation · 26 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Lām shamsiyyah4
  • Heavy rāʾ5
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī2

Commentary

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

Shape

18 words · 72 letters · āyah 67 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.

  • فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

  • وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ بَٰلِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ ٱلْأَنفُسِ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    And they carry your loads to a land you could not have reached except with difficulty to yourselves. Indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.

  • وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوسًا

    And when We bestow favor upon the disbeliever, he turns away and distances himself; and when evil touches him, he is ever despairing.

  • وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْيَاكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَكَفُورٌ

    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.

  • قُلْ مَن يُنَجِّيكُم مِّن ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ تَدْعُونَهُۥ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً لَّئِنْ أَنجَىٰنَا مِنْ هَٰذِهِۦ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ

    Say, "Who rescues you from the darknesses of the land and sea [when] you call upon Him imploring [aloud] and privately, 'If He should save us from this [crisis], we will surely be…

  • قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ ٱلضُّرِّ عَنكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيلًا

    Say, "Invoke those you have claimed [as gods] besides Him, for they do not possess the [ability for] removal of adversity from you or [for its] transfer [to someone else]."

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-An'aam 6:635 shared roots

    قُلْ مَن يُنَجِّيكُم مِّن ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ تَدْعُونَهُۥ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً لَّئِنْ أَنجَىٰنَا مِنْ هَٰذِهِۦ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ

    ب-ر-رب-ح-رن-ج-ود-ع-وك-و-ن

  • At-Tur 52:283 shared roots

    إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    ب-ر-رد-ع-وك-و-ن

  • Ar-Room 30:334 shared roots

    وَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلنَّاسَ ضُرٌّ دَعَوْا۟ رَبَّهُم مُّنِيبِينَ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَذَاقَهُم مِّنْهُ رَحْمَةً إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم بِرَبِّهِمْ يُشْرِكُونَ

    م-س-سض-ر-رد-ع-وأ-ن-س

  • Al-Baqara 2:2243 shared roots

    وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عُرْضَةً لِّأَيْمَٰنِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ وَتُصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

    ب-ر-رع-ر-ضأ-ن-س

  • Az-Zumar 39:494 shared roots

    فَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ ضُرٌّ دَعَانَا ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلْنَٰهُ نِعْمَةً مِّنَّا قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍۭ بَلْ هِىَ فِتْنَةٌ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    م-س-سض-ر-رد-ع-وأ-ن-س

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:832 shared roots

    وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

    م-س-سض-ر-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 17:67?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 17:67 include Quran 55:25 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan), Quran 16:7 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 17:83 (Surah Al-Israa), and Quran 22:66 (Surah Al-Hajj). For example, 55:25 reads: “So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?” 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 17:67 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 17:67 (Surah Al-Israa, The Night Journey) reads: “And when adversity touches you at sea, lost are [all] those you invoke except for Him. But when He delivers you to the land, you turn away [from Him]. And ever is man ungrateful.”

Which surah is verse 17:67 in?

Quran 17:67 is āyah 67 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 17:67?

Tartīl presents Quran 17:67 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.