Surah Al-Qaari'a · Ayah 5·Makkī

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Translation

Saheeh International

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 4 words

Rarest here: ع-ه-ن — 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 7 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 24 letters · āyah 5 of 11

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 52:10 · At-Turclose

    وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا

    And the mountains will pass on, departing -

  • Quran 70:8 · Al-Ma'aarijclose

    يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ

    On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

  • Quran 70:9 · Al-Ma'aarijclose

    وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ

    And the mountains will be like wool,

  • Quran 79:34 · An-Naazi'aatclose

    فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

  • Quran 51:1 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرْوًا

    By those [winds] scattering [dust] dispersing

  • Quran 7:57 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُرْسِلُ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَقَلَّتْ سَحَابًا ثِقَالًا سُقْنَٰهُ لِبَلَدٍ مَّيِّتٍ فَأَنزَلْنَا بِهِ ٱلْمَآءَ فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦ مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ كَذَٰلِكَ نُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

    And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy until, when they have carried heavy rainclouds, We drive them to a dead land and We send down rain therein and…

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-Ma'aarij 70:93 shared roots

    وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ

    ع-ه-نج-ب-لك-و-ن

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:782 shared roots

    وَدَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَٰنَ إِذْ يَحْكُمَانِ فِى ٱلْحَرْثِ إِذْ نَفَشَتْ فِيهِ غَنَمُ ٱلْقَوْمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكْمِهِمْ شَٰهِدِينَ

    ن-ف-شك-و-ن

  • Yaseen 36:622 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمْ جِبِلًّا كَثِيرًا أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْقِلُونَ

    ج-ب-لك-و-ن

  • Al-Hijr 15:822 shared roots

    وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ

    ج-ب-لك-و-ن

  • An-Naba 78:202 shared roots

    وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

    ج-ب-لك-و-ن

  • Ibrahim 14:462 shared roots

    وَقَدْ مَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرَهُمْ وَعِندَ ٱللَّهِ مَكْرُهُمْ وَإِن كَانَ مَكْرُهُمْ لِتَزُولَ مِنْهُ ٱلْجِبَالُ

    ج-ب-لك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 101:5?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 101:5 include Quran 52:10 (Surah At-Tur), Quran 70:8 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij), Quran 70:9 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij), and Quran 79:34 (Surah An-Naazi'aat). For example, 52:10 reads: “And the mountains will pass on, departing -” 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 101:5 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 101:5 (Surah Al-Qaari'a, The Calamity) reads: “And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.”

Which surah is verse 101:5 in?

Quran 101:5 is āyah 5 of Surah Al-Qaari'a (The Calamity), chapter 101 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 11 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 101:5?

Tartīl presents Quran 101:5 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.