Surah Al-Qamar · Ayah 20·Makkī

20

كَأَنَّهُمْ ﴿٢٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 6 words

Rarest here: ق-ع-ر — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 11 points across 6 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ghunnah3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 27 letters · āyah 20 of 55

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 69:7 · Al-Haaqqarelated

    سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ

    Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.

  • Quran 38:33 · Saadrelated

    رُدُّوهَا عَلَىَّ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحًۢا بِٱلسُّوقِ وَٱلْأَعْنَاقِ

    [He said], "Return them to me," and set about striking [their] legs and necks.

  • Quran 40:71 · Al-Ghaafirrelated

    إِذِ ٱلْأَغْلَٰلُ فِىٓ أَعْنَٰقِهِمْ وَٱلسَّلَٰسِلُ يُسْحَبُونَ

    When the shackles are around their necks and the chains; they will be dragged

  • Quran 18:32 · Al-Kahfrelated

    وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا رَّجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ أَعْنَٰبٍ وَحَفَفْنَٰهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعًا

    And present to them an example of two men: We granted to one of them two gardens of grapevines, and We bordered them with palm trees and placed between them [fields of] crops.

  • Quran 7:82 · Al-A'raafrelated

    وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ

    But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."

  • Quran 19:25 · Maryamrelated

    وَهُزِّىٓ إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ تُسَٰقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا

    And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates.

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.

  • Hud 11:92 shared roots

    وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً ثُمَّ نَزَعْنَٰهَا مِنْهُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيَـُٔوسٌ كَفُورٌ

    ن-ز-عأ-ن-س

  • Al-Haaqqa 69:72 shared roots

    سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ

    ن-خ-لع-ج-ز

  • At-Tawba 9:32 shared roots

    وَأَذَٰنٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَوْمَ ٱلْحَجِّ ٱلْأَكْبَرِ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بَرِىٓءٌ مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَرَسُولُهُۥ فَإِن تُبْتُمْ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَإِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّكُمْ غَيْرُ مُعْجِزِى ٱللَّهِ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    ع-ج-زأ-ن-س

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 54:20?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 54:20 include Quran 69:7 (Surah Al-Haaqqa), Quran 38:33 (Surah Saad), Quran 40:71 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), and Quran 18:32 (Surah Al-Kahf). For example, 69:7 reads: “Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.” 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 54:20 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 54:20 (Surah Al-Qamar, The Moon) reads: “Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.”

Which surah is verse 54:20 in?

Quran 54:20 is āyah 20 of Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon), chapter 54 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 55 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 54:20?

Tartīl presents Quran 54:20 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.