Surah An-Najm · Ayah 35·Makkī

35

فَهُوَ ﴿٣٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?

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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 · 4 points across 4 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 19 letters · āyah 35 of 62

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 19:78 · Maryamvery close

    أَطَّلَعَ ٱلْغَيْبَ أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَهْدًا

    Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken from the Most Merciful a promise?

  • Quran 20:51 · Taa-Haaclose

    قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

    [Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"

  • Quran 13:19 · Ar-Ra'dclose

    أَفَمَن يَعْلَمُ أَنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ٱلْحَقُّ كَمَنْ هُوَ أَعْمَىٰٓ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ

    Then is he who knows that what has been revealed to you from your Lord is the truth like one who is blind? They will only be reminded who are people of understanding -

  • Quran 96:12 · Al-Alaqclose

    أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ

    Or enjoins righteousness?

  • Quran 27:84 · An-Namlclose

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُو قَالَ أَكَذَّبْتُم بِـَٔايَٰتِى وَلَمْ تُحِيطُوا۟ بِهَا عِلْمًا أَمَّاذَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    Until, when they arrive [at the place of Judgement], He will say, "Did you deny My signs while you encompassed them not in knowledge, or what [was it that] you were doing?"

  • Quran 18:66 · Al-Kahfclose

    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?"

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-Qalam 68:472 shared roots

    أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

    غ-ي-بع-ن-د

  • At-Tur 52:412 shared roots

    أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

    غ-ي-بع-ن-د

  • Al-Hashr 59:222 shared roots

    هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ هُوَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    غ-ي-بع-ل-م

  • Al-Alaq 96:142 shared roots

    أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

    ر-أ-يع-ل-م

  • Al-A'raaf 7:72 shared roots

    فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ عَلَيْهِم بِعِلْمٍ وَمَا كُنَّا غَآئِبِينَ

    غ-ي-بع-ل-م

  • At-Tawba 9:1053 shared roots

    وَقُلِ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ فَسَيَرَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَسَتُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    غ-ي-بر-أ-يع-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 53:35?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 53:35 include Quran 19:78 (Surah Maryam), Quran 20:51 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 13:19 (Surah Ar-Ra'd), and Quran 96:12 (Surah Al-Alaq). For example, 19:78 reads: “Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken from the Most Merciful a promise?” 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 53:35 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 53:35 (Surah An-Najm, The Star) reads: “Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?”

Which surah is verse 53:35 in?

Quran 53:35 is āyah 35 of Surah An-Najm (The Star), chapter 53 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 62 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 53:35?

Tartīl presents Quran 53:35 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.