Surah Ash-Shams · Ayah 4·Makkī

4

إِذَا ﴿٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [by] the night when it covers it

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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 3 words

Recitation · 3 points across 1 rule family

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 14 letters · āyah 4 of 15

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 92:2 · Al-Lailvery close

    وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ

    And [by] the day when it appears

  • Quran 85:2 · Al-Buroojvery close

    وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

    And [by] the promised Day

  • Quran 92:1 · Al-Lailvery close

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ

    By the night when it covers

  • Quran 6:96 · Al-An'aamclose

    فَالِقُ ٱلْإِصْبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ سَكَنًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ حُسْبَانًا ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ

    [He is] the cleaver of daybreak and has made the night for rest and the sun and moon for calculation. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

  • Quran 86:1 · At-Taariqclose

    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

    By the sky and the night comer -

  • Quran 20:4 · Taa-Haaclose

    تَنزِيلًا مِّمَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ ٱلْعُلَى

    A revelation from He who created the earth and highest heavens,

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-Lail 92:12 shared roots

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ

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  • Ar-Ra'd 13:32 shared roots

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَدَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنْهَٰرًا وَمِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ جَعَلَ فِيهَا زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ يُغْشِى ٱلَّيْلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

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  • Yunus 10:272 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَسَبُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ جَزَآءُ سَيِّئَةٍۭ بِمِثْلِهَا وَتَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ مَّا لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ عَاصِمٍ كَأَنَّمَآ أُغْشِيَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ قِطَعًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مُظْلِمًا أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

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  • Al-A'raaf 7:542 shared roots

    إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ يُغْشِى ٱلَّيْلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُۥ حَثِيثًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ وَٱلنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَٰتٍۭ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ أَلَا لَهُ ٱلْخَلْقُ وَٱلْأَمْرُ تَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 91:4?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 91:4 include Quran 92:2 (Surah Al-Lail), Quran 85:2 (Surah Al-Burooj), Quran 92:1 (Surah Al-Lail), and Quran 6:96 (Surah Al-An'aam). For example, 92:2 reads: “And [by] the day when it appears” 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 91:4 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 91:4 (Surah Ash-Shams, The Sun) reads: “And [by] the night when it covers it”

Which surah is verse 91:4 in?

Quran 91:4 is āyah 4 of Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun), chapter 91 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 15 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 91:4?

Tartīl presents Quran 91:4 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.