Surah Al-Burooj · Ayah 1·Makkī

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ذَاتِ ﴿١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

By the sky containing great stars

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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 2 of 3 words

Rarest here: ب-ر-ج — 7× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 5 points across 3 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 16 letters · āyah 1 of 22

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 91:4 · Ash-Shamsclose

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

    And [by] the night when it covers it

  • Quran 77:10 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ

    And when the mountains are blown away

  • Quran 77:8 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ

    So when the stars are obliterated

  • Quran 86:1 · At-Taariqclose

    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

    By the sky and the night comer -

  • Quran 52:49 · At-Turclose

    وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ

    And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars.

  • Quran 74:33 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

    And [by] the night when it departs

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-Hijr 15:162 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ

    ب-ر-جس-م-و

  • Al-Furqaan 25:612 shared roots

    تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجًا وَقَمَرًا مُّنِيرًا

    ب-ر-جس-م-و

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 85:1?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 85:1 include Quran 91:4 (Surah Ash-Shams), Quran 77:10 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), Quran 77:8 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), and Quran 86:1 (Surah At-Taariq). For example, 91:4 reads: “And [by] the night when it covers it” 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 85:1 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 85:1 (Surah Al-Burooj, The Constellations) reads: “By the sky containing great stars”

Which surah is verse 85:1 in?

Quran 85:1 is āyah 1 of Surah Al-Burooj (The Constellations), chapter 85 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 22 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 85:1?

Tartīl presents Quran 85:1 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.