Surah Al-Muzzammil · Ayah 9·Makkī

9

لَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ﴿٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[He is] the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of [your] affairs.

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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

Recitation · 9 points across 4 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 36 letters · āyah 9 of 20

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 27:26 · An-Namlvery close

    ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    Allah - there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Great Throne."

  • Quran 6:102 · Al-An'aamclose

    ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَكِيلٌ

    That is Allah, your Lord; there is no deity except Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He is Disposer of all things.

  • Quran 27:62 · An-Namlclose

    أَمَّن يُجِيبُ ٱلْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَءِلَٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    Is He [not best] who responds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him and removes evil and makes you inheritors of the earth? Is there a deity with Allah? Little do you…

  • Quran 78:37 · An-Nabaclose

    رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

    [From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.

  • Quran 96:8 · Al-Alaqclose

    إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ

    Indeed, to your Lord is the return.

  • Quran 67:1 · Al-Mulkclose

    تَبَٰرَكَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِ ٱلْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent -

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.

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:173 shared roots

    رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ

    غ-ر-بش-ر-قر-ب-ب

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:283 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

    غ-ر-بش-ر-قر-ب-ب

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:403 shared roots

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ

    غ-ر-بش-ر-قر-ب-ب

  • Al-Baqara 2:1153 shared roots

    وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَشْرِقُ وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا۟ فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

    غ-ر-بش-ر-قأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Baqara 2:1423 shared roots

    سَيَقُولُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَا وَلَّىٰهُمْ عَن قِبْلَتِهِمُ ٱلَّتِى كَانُوا۟ عَلَيْهَا قُل لِّلَّهِ ٱلْمَشْرِقُ وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

    غ-ر-بش-ر-قأ-ل-ه

  • As-Saaffaat 37:52 shared roots

    رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ

    ش-ر-قر-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 73:9?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 73:9 include Quran 27:26 (Surah An-Naml), Quran 6:102 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 27:62 (Surah An-Naml), and Quran 78:37 (Surah An-Naba). For example, 27:26 reads: “Allah - there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Great Throne."” 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 73:9 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 73:9 (Surah Al-Muzzammil, The Enshrouded One) reads: “[He is] the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of [your] affairs.”

Which surah is verse 73:9 in?

Quran 73:9 is āyah 9 of Surah Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One), chapter 73 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 20 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 73:9?

Tartīl presents Quran 73:9 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.