Surah At-Taariq · Ayah 2·Makkī

2

وَمَآ مَا ﴿٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And what can make you know what is the night comer?

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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 4 words

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Lām shamsiyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 16 letters · āyah 2 of 17

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 92:1 · Al-Lailclose

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ

    By the night when it covers

  • Quran 74:34 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ

    And [by] the morning when it brightens,

  • Quran 91:4 · Ash-Shamsclose

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

    And [by] the night when it covers it

  • Quran 52:49 · At-Turclose

    وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ

    And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars.

  • Quran 84:17 · Al-Inshiqaaqclose

    وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

    And [by] the night and what it envelops

  • Quran 85:2 · Al-Buroojclose

    وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

    And [by] the promised Day

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 86:2?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 86:2 include Quran 92:1 (Surah Al-Lail), Quran 74:34 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), Quran 91:4 (Surah Ash-Shams), and Quran 52:49 (Surah At-Tur). For example, 92:1 reads: “By the night when it covers” 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 86:2 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 86:2 (Surah At-Taariq, The Morning Star) reads: “And what can make you know what is the night comer?”

Which surah is verse 86:2 in?

Quran 86:2 is āyah 2 of Surah At-Taariq (The Morning Star), chapter 86 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 17 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 86:2?

Tartīl presents Quran 86:2 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.