Surah Al-Mursalaat · Ayah 23·Makkī

23

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Translation

Saheeh International

And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine.

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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 · 2 roots in 3 of 3 words

Recitation · 5 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 17 letters · āyah 23 of 50

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 74:47 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ

    Until there came to us the certainty."

  • Quran 74:46 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

  • Quran 77:39 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ كَيْدٌ فَكِيدُونِ

    So if you have a plan, then plan against Me.

  • Quran 20:72 · Taa-Haaclose

    قَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْثِرَكَ عَلَىٰ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنَا فَٱقْضِ مَآ أَنتَ قَاضٍ إِنَّمَا تَقْضِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَآ

    They said, "Never will we prefer you over what has come to us of clear proofs and [over] He who created us. So decree whatever you are to decree. You can only decree for this…

  • Quran 11:40 · Hudclose

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ قُلْنَا ٱحْمِلْ فِيهَا مِن كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَوْلُ وَمَنْ ءَامَنَ وَمَآ ءَامَنَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ

    [So it was], until when Our command came and the oven overflowed, We said, "Load upon the ship of each [creature] two mates and your family, except those about whom the word has…

  • Quran 75:20 · Al-Qiyaamaclose

    كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

    No! But you love the immediate

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.

  • Yunus 10:242 shared roots

    إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمُ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَخَذَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زُخْرُفَهَا وَٱزَّيَّنَتْ وَظَنَّ أَهْلُهَآ أَنَّهُمْ قَٰدِرُونَ عَلَيْهَآ أَتَىٰهَآ أَمْرُنَا لَيْلًا أَوْ نَهَارًا فَجَعَلْنَٰهَا حَصِيدًا كَأَن لَّمْ تَغْنَ بِٱلْأَمْسِ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 77:23?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 77:23 include Quran 74:47 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), Quran 74:46 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), Quran 77:39 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), and Quran 20:72 (Surah Taa-Haa). For example, 74:47 reads: “Until there came to us the certainty."” 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 77:23 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 77:23 (Surah Al-Mursalaat, The Emissaries) reads: “And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine.”

Which surah is verse 77:23 in?

Quran 77:23 is āyah 23 of Surah Al-Mursalaat (The Emissaries), chapter 77 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 50 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 77:23?

Tartīl presents Quran 77:23 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.