Surah An-Naba · Ayah 17·Makkī

17

إِنَّ ﴿١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 5 words

Recitation · 6 points across 4 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 18 letters · āyah 17 of 40

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 20:103 · Taa-Haaclose

    يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا عَشْرًا

    They will murmur among themselves, "You remained not but ten [days in the world]."

  • Quran 77:14 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ

    And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?

  • Quran 50:20 · Qaafclose

    وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْوَعِيدِ

    And the Horn will be blown. That is the Day of [carrying out] the threat.

  • Quran 56:51 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ

    Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers,

  • Quran 50:42 · Qaafclose

    يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ

    The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves].

  • Quran 77:10 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ

    And when the mountains are blown away

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 78:17?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 78:17 include Quran 20:103 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 77:14 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), Quran 50:20 (Surah Qaaf), and Quran 56:51 (Surah Al-Waaqia). For example, 20:103 reads: “They will murmur among themselves, "You remained not but ten [days in the world]."” 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 78:17 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 78:17 (Surah An-Naba, The Announcement) reads: “Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -”

Which surah is verse 78:17 in?

Quran 78:17 is āyah 17 of Surah An-Naba (The Announcement), chapter 78 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 40 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 78:17?

Tartīl presents Quran 78:17 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.