Surah Al-Ma'aarij · Ayah 10·Makkī

10

وَلَا ﴿١٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,

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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 4 words

Recitation · 5 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Iẓhār2

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 16 letters · āyah 10 of 44

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.

  • فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

    So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

  • ٱقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ أَوِ ٱطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ قَوْمًا صَٰلِحِينَ

    Kill Joseph or cast him out to [another] land; the countenance of your father will [then] be only for you, and you will be after that a righteous people."

  • فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعًا صَفْصَفًا

    And He will leave the earth a level plain;

  • 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.

  • وَجَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

    And gardens and springs.

  • ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

    Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 70:10?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 70:10 include Quran 89:25 (Surah Al-Fajr), Quran 12:9 (Surah Yusuf), Quran 20:106 (Surah Taa-Haa), and Quran 16:7 (Surah An-Nahl). For example, 89:25 reads: “So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,” 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 70:10 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 70:10 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij, The Ascending Stairways) reads: “And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,”

Which surah is verse 70:10 in?

Quran 70:10 is āyah 10 of Surah Al-Ma'aarij (The Ascending Stairways), chapter 70 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 44 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 70:10?

Tartīl presents Quran 70:10 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.