Surah Al-Ma'aarij · Ayah 43·Makkī

43

مِنَ كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ ﴿٤٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 9 words

Rarest here: و-ف-ض used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 14 points across 7 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 40 letters · āyah 43 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.

  • 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].

  • فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا

    And those who arrange [each] matter,

  • وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ

    And the Horn will be blown; and at once from the graves to their Lord they will hasten.

  • خُشَّعًا أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ

    Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,

  • يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا

    The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],

  • كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

    No! You are going to know.

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-Baqara 2:2022 shared roots

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا كَسَبُوا۟ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    س-ر-عن-ص-ب

  • Al-Hijr 15:482 shared roots

    لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ

    ن-ص-بخ-ر-ج

  • Al-Qamar 54:72 shared roots

    خُشَّعًا أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ

    ج-د-ثخ-ر-ج

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:172 shared roots

    ٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ لَا ظُلْمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    س-ر-عي-و-م

  • Qaaf 50:442 shared roots

    يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ

    س-ر-عي-و-م

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1142 shared roots

    يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيُسَٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    س-ر-عي-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 70:43?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 70:43 include Quran 50:42 (Surah Qaaf), Quran 79:5 (Surah An-Naazi'aat), Quran 36:51 (Surah Yaseen), and Quran 54:7 (Surah Al-Qamar). For example, 50:42 reads: “The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves].” 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 70:43 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 70:43 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij, The Ascending Stairways) reads: “The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.”

Which surah is verse 70:43 in?

Quran 70:43 is āyah 43 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 70:43?

Tartīl presents Quran 70:43 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.