Surah At-Tur · Ayah 20·Makkī

20

عَلَىٰ ﴿٢٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 7 words

Recitation · 15 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Ghunnah1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 32 letters · āyah 20 of 49

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 44:54 · Ad-Dukhaanvery close

    كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

    Thus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.

  • Quran 44:53 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

    Wearing [garments of] fine silk and brocade, facing each other.

  • Quran 56:16 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ

    Reclining on them, facing each other.

  • Quran 37:48 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌ

    And with them will be women limiting [their] glances, with large, [beautiful] eyes,

  • Quran 56:15 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُونَةٍ

    On thrones woven [with ornament],

  • Quran 83:24 · Al-Mutaffifinclose

    تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

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.

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:543 shared roots

    كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

    ح-و-رع-ي-نز-و-ج

  • Al-Waaqia 56:222 shared roots

    وَحُورٌ عِينٌ

    ح-و-رع-ي-ن

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:342 shared roots

    وَلِبُيُوتِهِمْ أَبْوَٰبًا وَسُرُرًا عَلَيْهَا يَتَّكِـُٔونَ

    و-ك-أس-ر-ر

  • Yaseen 36:562 shared roots

    هُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُهُمْ فِى ظِلَٰلٍ عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ مُتَّكِـُٔونَ

    و-ك-أز-و-ج

  • Al-Mujaadila 58:12 shared roots

    قَدْ سَمِعَ ٱللَّهُ قَوْلَ ٱلَّتِى تُجَٰدِلُكَ فِى زَوْجِهَا وَتَشْتَكِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ يَسْمَعُ تَحَاوُرَكُمَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌۢ بَصِيرٌ

    ح-و-رز-و-ج

  • At-Tahrim 66:32 shared roots

    وَإِذْ أَسَرَّ ٱلنَّبِىُّ إِلَىٰ بَعْضِ أَزْوَٰجِهِۦ حَدِيثًا فَلَمَّا نَبَّأَتْ بِهِۦ وَأَظْهَرَهُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَرَّفَ بَعْضَهُۥ وَأَعْرَضَ عَنۢ بَعْضٍ فَلَمَّا نَبَّأَهَا بِهِۦ قَالَتْ مَنْ أَنۢبَأَكَ هَٰذَا قَالَ نَبَّأَنِىَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ

    س-ر-رز-و-ج

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 52:20?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 52:20 include Quran 44:54 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), Quran 44:53 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), Quran 56:16 (Surah Al-Waaqia), and Quran 37:48 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 44:54 reads: “Thus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.” 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 52:20 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 52:20 (Surah At-Tur, The Mount) reads: “They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.”

Which surah is verse 52:20 in?

Quran 52:20 is āyah 20 of Surah At-Tur (The Mount), chapter 52 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 49 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 52:20?

Tartīl presents Quran 52:20 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.