Surah Al-Muddaththir · Ayah 9·Makkī

9

فَذَٰلِكَ ﴿٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

That Day will be a difficult day

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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 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 16 letters · āyah 9 of 56

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 20:102 · Taa-Haaclose

    يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ وَنَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ زُرْقًا

    The Day the Horn will be blown. And We will gather the criminals, that Day, blue-eyed.

  • Quran 54:8 · Al-Qamarclose

    مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ

    Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."

  • Quran 27:87 · An-Namlclose

    وَيَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَفَزِعَ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ وَكُلٌّ أَتَوْهُ دَٰخِرِينَ

    And [warn of] the Day the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will be terrified except whom Allah wills. And all will come to Him humbled.

  • Quran 25:26 · Al-Furqaanclose

    ٱلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَكَانَ يَوْمًا عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَسِيرًا

    True sovereignty, that Day, is for the Most Merciful. And it will be upon the disbelievers a difficult Day.

  • Quran 22:55 · Al-Hajjclose

    وَلَا يَزَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى مِرْيَةٍ مِّنْهُ حَتَّىٰ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَقِيمٍ

    But those who disbelieve will not cease to be in doubt of it until the Hour comes upon them unexpectedly or there comes to them the punishment of a barren Day.

  • Quran 67:27 · Al-Mulkclose

    فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةً سِيٓـَٔتْ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ

    But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."

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-Furqaan 25:262 shared roots

    ٱلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَكَانَ يَوْمًا عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَسِيرًا

    ع-س-ري-و-م

  • Al-Qamar 54:82 shared roots

    مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ

    ع-س-ري-و-م

  • Al-Baqara 2:1852 shared roots

    شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ فِيهِ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَٰتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْفُرْقَانِ فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ ٱلشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ بِكُمُ ٱلْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ ٱلْعُسْرَ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا۟ ٱلْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

    ع-س-ري-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 74:9?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 74:9 include Quran 20:102 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 54:8 (Surah Al-Qamar), Quran 27:87 (Surah An-Naml), and Quran 25:26 (Surah Al-Furqaan). For example, 20:102 reads: “The Day the Horn will be blown. And We will gather the criminals, that Day, blue-eyed.” 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 74:9 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 74:9 (Surah Al-Muddaththir, The Cloaked One) reads: “That Day will be a difficult day”

Which surah is verse 74:9 in?

Quran 74:9 is āyah 9 of Surah Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One), chapter 74 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 56 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 74:9?

Tartīl presents Quran 74:9 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.