Surah Adh-Dhaariyat · Ayah 12·Makkī

12

أَيَّانَ ﴿١٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 4 words

Recitation · 4 points across 2 rule families

  • 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 · 18 letters · āyah 12 of 60

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 82:16 · Al-Infitaarvery close

    وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ

    And never therefrom will they be absent.

  • Quran 52:12 · At-Turclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ

    Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.

  • Quran 54:47 · Al-Qamarclose

    إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

    Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.

  • Quran 52:13 · At-Turclose

    يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا

    The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],

  • Quran 37:20 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

    They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense."

  • Quran 75:24 · Al-Qiyaamaclose

    وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ

    And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 51:12?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 51:12 include Quran 82:16 (Surah Al-Infitaar), Quran 52:12 (Surah At-Tur), Quran 54:47 (Surah Al-Qamar), and Quran 52:13 (Surah At-Tur). For example, 82:16 reads: “And never therefrom will they be absent.” 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 51:12 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 51:12 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat, The Winnowing Winds) reads: “They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"”

Which surah is verse 51:12 in?

Quran 51:12 is āyah 12 of Surah Adh-Dhaariyat (The Winnowing Winds), chapter 51 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 60 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 51:12?

Tartīl presents Quran 51:12 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.