Surah Al-Qaari'a · Ayah 9·Makkī

9

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Translation

Saheeh International

His refuge will be an abyss.

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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 2 of 2 words

Recitation · 2 points across 2 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

2 words · 9 letters · āyah 9 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 80:3 · Abasaclose

    وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

    But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified

  • Quran 84:1 · Al-Inshiqaaqclose

    إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

    When the sky has split [open]

  • Quran 41:39 · Fussilatclose

    وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنَّكَ تَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ خَٰشِعَةً فَإِذَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَآءَ ٱهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْيَاهَا لَمُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    And of His signs is that you see the earth stilled, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and grows. Indeed, He who has given it life is the Giver of Life to the dead…

  • Quran 99:3 · Az-Zalzalaclose

    وَقَالَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا

    And man says, "What is [wrong] with it?" -

  • Quran 90:13 · Al-Baladclose

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    It is the freeing of a slave

  • Quran 43:10 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

    [The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided

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-Maaida 5:482 shared roots

    وَأَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَمُهَيْمِنًا عَلَيْهِ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَهُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ عَمَّا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ لِكُلٍّ جَعَلْنَا مِنكُمْ شِرْعَةً وَمِنْهَاجًا وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَلَٰكِن لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِى مَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

    ه-و-يأ-م-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 101:9?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 101:9 include Quran 80:3 (Surah Abasa), Quran 84:1 (Surah Al-Inshiqaaq), Quran 41:39 (Surah Fussilat), and Quran 99:3 (Surah Az-Zalzala). For example, 80:3 reads: “But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified” 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 101:9 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 101:9 (Surah Al-Qaari'a, The Calamity) reads: “His refuge will be an abyss.”

Which surah is verse 101:9 in?

Quran 101:9 is āyah 9 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 101:9?

Tartīl presents Quran 101:9 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.